(Emmanuel), a Jew by birth, was born at Ferrara in the year 1510. He was so carefully educated as to become a great master of the Hebrew tongue: he was converted to Christianity by the celebrated Peter Martyr. After travelling to Germany and England, he was made professor of Hebrew, first at Heidelberg, and then at Sedan, where he died in 1580. He translated the Hebrew Bible and Syriac Testament into Latin; in the former he was assisted by Junius, who afterwards corrected the second edition in 1587. This work was received by the Protestant churches with great approbation.