Ian Theodor Beelen - Works

Works

He was the author of the following Biblical works, among which his commentary on the Epistle to the Romans is especially esteemed:

• "Dissertatio theologica qua sententiam ... esse S. Scripturae multiplicem interdum sensum litteralem, nullo fundamento satis firmo niti demonstrare conatur" (Leuven, 1845);
• "Interpretatio ep. S. Pauli ad Philip." (ib., 1849; 2nd ed., ib., 1852, entitled: Commentarius in ep. S. Pauli ad Philip.);
• "Commentarius in Acta Apost.," with Greek and Latin text (2 vols., ib., 1850–55; 2nd ed., without Greek and Latin texts, ib., 1864);
• "Commentarius in ep. S. Pauli ad Rom." (ib., 1854);
• "Grammatica graecitatis N. T." (ib., 1857);

and in Dutch,

• "Rules for a new Translation of the N. T." (Leuven, 1858);
• a translation of the N. T. made in accordance with these rules (3 vols., ib., 1859–69);
• "The Epistles and Gospels of the Ecclesiastical Year," with annotations (ib., 1870);
• translation of the Psalms, with annotations (2 vols., ib., 1877–78);
• translation of Proverbs and of Ecclesiasticus (ib., 1879).

He also published two works in the field of Oriental scholarship:

• "Chrestomathia rabbinica et chaldaica (3 vols., Leuven, 1841-43); and
• "Clementis Rom. epistolae binae de Virginitate, syriace" (ib., 1856), in which he defends the genuineness of these two letters.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.