Keywords

• This article considers the role of migration within Calvinism by means of a case-study of the Christian-Hebraist
• Immanuel Tremellius (c.1510-80). Born a Jew in Italy
• Tremellius converted to Calvinism in his early thirties. His conversion obliged him to go into exile
• for almost four decades he lived an itinerant life
• serving as Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Studies at several of the most prestigious Reformed institutions of Northern Europe. Tremelliusâ€
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• career was thus itself a remarkable example of migration.
• This article highlights some of the effects of this migration on Tremellius
• most notably the links he formed with other migrants
• and the international perspective which he adopted
• both in his life
• and his published works. In addition
• the article uses Tremellius to reveal broader aspects of Calvinism
• including its readiness to draw on external influences
• and the formation of an international identity
• both of which may in part be attributed to the processes of migration