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Jean Morin

French theologian
Also known as: Joannes Morinus
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Jean Morin (born 1591, Blois, Fr.—died Feb. 28, 1659, Paris) was a French theologian and biblical scholar who produced major studies on the history and discipline of the early Christian church. His edition of the Samaritan version of the Pentateuch represented the first European scholarship in that dialect. Born to Calvinist parents, Morin converted to Roman Catholicism under the influence of Pierre de Bérulle, founder of the French Congregation of the Oratory; entered the Oratory;...

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