Glaire, Jean Baptiste

Glaire, Jean Baptiste a French Orientalist, was born at Bordeaux, April 1, 1798, and died in. 1879. He published, Lexicon Manuale Hebraicum et Chaldaicum (1830; new ed. 1843): — Principes de Grammaire Hebraique et Chaldaique (1832; 3d ed. 1843): — Chrestomathie Hebraique et Chaldaique (1834, 3 vols.): — Torath Mosche, le Pentateuque (1836-37, 2 vols.): — Introduction Historique et Critique aux Livres Saints (1836, 6 volumes; 2d ed. 1843): — Les Livres Saints Venges (1845, 2 volumes; 2d ed. 1874, 3 volumes): — La Bible selon la Vulgate (1863): — Dictionnaire Universel des Sciences Ecclesiastiques (1868, 2 volumes), besides contributing to the Encyclopedie du XIX Siecle, Encyclopedie Catholique, and Biographie Catholique. See Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v. (B.P.)