Jean Baptiste Glaire, a French theologian and orientalist, born in Bordeaux, April 1, 1798. He completed his theological studies at St. Sulpice seminary, Paris, and afterward studied the oriental languages. Taking holy orders in 1822, he taught Hebrew in his seminary, and in 1825 he succeeded Chaunac de Lanzac as professor of Hebrew at the Sor-bonne. In 1841 he was made dean of the faculty of theology, and in 1843 was transferred to the chair of exegesis. In 1840 he became a canon of the metropolitan chapter of Paris, and in 1851 vicar general of Bordeaux. His most important works are: Lexicon Manuale Hebraicum et Chaldaicum (1830; new ed., considerably enlarged and improved, 1843); Principes de grammaire hebraique et chaldaique (1832; new eds., 1836 and 1843, with a Chrestomathie chaldaique et hebraique); La sainte Bible en Latin et en Francais, with notes, explanations, etc. (3 vols. 4to, 1834); Torath Mosche, Le Pentateuque, with a French translation and notes, of which the first two parts only have been published, Genesis and Exodus (2 vols. 8vo, 1836-'7); Introduction historique et critique aux litres de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament (6 vols. 12mo, 1836), an abridgment of which appeared in 1846 (1 vol. 8vo.); Manuel de l'hebraisant, containing a grammar, a chrestomathy or choice pieces, and a lexicon (1856); Concordances arabes du Coran; Principes de grammaire arabe (1857-'61); La Bible selon la Vulgate, translation and notes (1863); and Dictionnaire universel des sciences ecclesiastiques (2 vols., 1867).