Israel the Grammarian | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 895 |
| Died | c. 969 |
| Other names | Israel Scot Israel of Trier |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Eriugena |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Latin, grammar, poetry, linguistics, theology |
Israel the Grammarian[a] (c. 895 – c. 965) was one of the leading European scholars of the mid-tenth century. In the 930s, he was at the court of King Æthelstan of England (r. 924–39). After Æthelstan's death, Israel successfully sought the patronage of Archbishop Rotbert of Trier and became tutor to Bruno, later the Archbishop of Cologne. In the late 940s Israel is recorded as a bishop, and at the end of his life he was a monk at the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Maximin in Trier.
Israel was an accomplished poet, a disciple of the ninth-century Irish philosopher John Scottus Eriugena and one of the few Western scholars of his time to understand Greek. He wrote theological and grammatical tracts, and commentaries on the works of other philosophers and theologians.
- ^ Lapidge 1993, p. 87 n. 1.
- ^ Wood 2010, p. 135.
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