Jean-Baptiste Glaire

Jean-Baptiste Glaire (1 April 1798 – 25 February 1879) was a French Catholic priest, Hebraist, and Biblical scholar.

After his ordination to priesthood, in 1822, he began to teach Hebrew at the seminary of Saint-Sulpice.

[1] In 1825 Glaire was made assistant to the Abbé Chaunac de Lanzac, professor of Hebrew at the Sorbonne, and succeeded him as lecturer in 1831.

He was professor of Sacred Scripture in 1836, became dean of the faculty in 1841, and retired in 1851.

[1] His numerous works are out of print, and largely obsolete.