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'''Israel the Grammarian''' (c. 895 – c. 965) was one of the leading European [[Scholar|scholars]] of the mid-tenth century.

== Biography ==

In the 930s, he was at the court of [[King Æthelstan]] of England (r. 924–39).

After Æthelstan's death, Israel successfully sought the patronage of Archbishop Rotbert of Trier and became tutor to Bruno, later the Archbishop of Cologne.

In the late 940s Israel is recorded as a bishop, and at the end of his life he was a monk at the [[Benedictine monastery]] of Saint-Maximin in Trier.

Israel was probably a Breton.

He was an accomplished [[poet]], a disciple of the ninth-century Irish philosopher [[John Scottus Eriugena]] and one of the few scholars of his time to understand Greek.

He wrote theological and grammatical tracts, and commentaries on the works of other philosophers and theologians.

== See also ==

* [[Alea evangelii]]
* [[John Scottus Eriugena]]
* [[King Æthelstan]]
* [[Scholar]]
* [[Theology]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_the_Grammarian Israel the Grammarian] @ Wikipedia

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