Background
C. H. Elleboogius was born in 1603 at Schiermonnikoog.
C. H. Elleboogius was born in 1603 at Schiermonnikoog.
He studied at the University of Franecker between 1642 and 1644 under Johannes Maccovius. After the death of Maccovius, Elleboogius went to Utrecht where he studied under Gisbertus Voetius.
Along with these fellow disciples of Voetius, Elleboogius is considered a lesser-known figure of the Nadere Reformatie. Elleboogius and Voetius were said to be “joined at the hip” (onafscheidelijk). In his writings, Elleboogius showed an expert knowledge of rabbinic Hebrew as he argued against the theories of Thomas Gataker and Louis Cappel, who denied the Hebrew vowel points were an original part of the Hebrew language.
He left behind various academic disputations and a commentary on the Song of Songs, Huwelijks-Verbond en Borgtocht (1678).
Recent scholarship now disputes whether Elleboogius remained committed to synchronic contingency over the course of his entire life.