Paul Joüon

Paul Joüon was a French Jesuit priest, hebraist, Semitic language specialist and member of the Pontifical Biblical Institute. Author of a philological and exegetical commentary on the Book of Ruth, he also wrote A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew for which he received the Volney Prize from the Institute of France. First published in 1923, Joüon's grammar, enjoying numerous editions as well as an English translation, continues to serve as an important reference to this day.
Joüon was the student of French rabbi and orientalist Mayer Lambert.

Publications

Le Cantique des Cantiques, Commentaire philologique et exégétique, Éditeur G.Beauchesne, 1909, Paris.Grammaire de l'hébreu biblique, 624 pages, Éditrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico,, Rome Ruth. Commentaire philologique et exégétique, Institut Biblique Pontifical, 1924, Rome.Libri Ruth textum hebraicum ad usum scholarum edidit Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 1921, Rome.

Articles sur la philologie sémitique.L'Évangile de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ, traduction et commentaire du texte grec tenant compte du substrat sémitique, Éditeur G. Beauchesne, 1930, Paris.