Georg Mayr

Title page (Augsburg 1613) of Mayr's Greek translation of the catechism of Canisius.

Georg Mayr, Latin Georgius Marius (1564–1623) was a Bavarian Jesuit priest and Hebrew grammarian.[1] In addition his translations into Hebrew he also published the illustrated version of the catechism of Peter Canisius, and then translations into Greek (Ingolstadt 1595) and Hebrew (1620).[2]

Works

  • Hebrew New Testament, 1620
  • Hebrew Grammar - Institutiones linguae Hebraicae, Augsburg, 1616
  • Fasciculus Sacrarum Litaniarum

References

  1. ↑ Biblical and Near Eastern studies: essays in honor of William Sanford La Sor, Gary A. Tuttle - 1978 "Georg Mayr (1564-1623) was a Bavarian who, as a Jesuit, spent practically the whole of his life teaching Hebrew. His Hebrew grammar (Augsburg, 1616) went through many editions and, in addition, he published in Hebrew a great many translations."
  2. ↑ Petrus Canisius: Reformer der Kirche : Festschrift zum 400. Julius Oswald, Peter Rummel - 1996 "Kardinal Bellarmin selbst schreibt an Georg Mayr SJ (1564-1623), der 1613 die Bilder-Ausgabe des Kleinen Katechismus des Canisius besorgt und ihn auch ins Griechische (Ingolstadt 1595) und Hebräische (Ingolstadt 1620) übertragen hatte,"
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