The First Year in Basel

In the year following Oecolampadius' arrival in Basel on November 17, 1522, he lived and labored in Andreas Cratander's publishing house, struck up a fruitful friendship with Ulrich Zwingli, published three Chrysostom translations, began his famous lectures on the prophet Isaiah, was appointed ordinary professor of biblical languages at the university, held a disputation on four theses refuting false charges against the Reformation movement, and published a lengthy biblical treatise On the ...