, a learned rabbi of Carpentras, whose proper name was Mardocai,
, a learned rabbi of Carpentras,
whose proper name was Mardocai, or Mardocheus, was expelled from the synagogue of Avignon, in 16 10, on account
of attachment to Christianity. On this he went to the
kingdom of Naples, and was baptised at Aquino, from
which he took his name; but when he came to France he
gave it the French termination, Aquin. At Paris he devoted himself principally to teaching Hebrew, and Louis
XIII. appointed him professor in the lioyal college, and
Hebrew interpreter, which honourable station he held until
his death in 1650, at which time he was preparing a new
version of the New Testament, with notes on St. Paul’s
epistles. Le Jay also employed him in correcting the
Hebrew and Chaldee parts of his Polyglot. His principal
printed works are, 1. “Dictionarium Hebrao-ChalclaoTalmudico-RabbinicunV' Paris, 1629, fol. 2.
” Racines
de la langue sainte,“Paris, 1620, fol. 3.
” Explication
des treize moyens dont se servaient les rabbins pour entendre le Pentateuque, recueillis du Talmud.“4.
” An Italian translation of the Apophthegms of the ancient Jewish
doctors.“5.
” Lacrimae in obitum illust. cardinal de Berulle,“his patron. 6.
” Examen mundL“7.
” Discours
du Tabernacle et du Camp des Israelites,“Paris, 1623,
4to. 8.
” Voces primitiae seu radices Gnecac," Paris, 1620,
16mo, and others. Louis D‘Aquin, his son, who became
as great an adept as his father in the Oriental tongues, left
behind him several rabbinical works. Antoine D’Aquin,
first physician to Louis XIV. who died in 1696, at Vichi,
was son of the last-mentioned Louis.