Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Lookup, John
LOOKUP, JOHN (fl. 1740), theologian, was a disciple of John Hutchinson (1674–1737) [q. v.], the philosopher. He wrote: 1. ‘The Erroneous Translations in the Vulgar Versions of the Scriptures detected in several instances taken from the Original. With a previous Essay upon the Doctrine of the Trinity,’ 8vo, London, 1739; 2nd edit. 1740. The ‘Essay’ was written in deprecation of a pamphlet by E. Johnson, entitled ‘A Plain Account of the Trinity from Scripture and Reason,’ 1739. 2. ‘Berashith, or the First Book of Moses, call'd Genesis, translated from the Original,’ 8vo, London, 1740, which is inscribed to John Potter, archbishop of Canterbury. Lookup had previously shocked the archbishop by his ‘incorrect sentiments’ on the doctrine of the Trinity. His translation is frequently felicitous, and shows him to have possessed a creditable knowledge of Hebrew.
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