Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Benjamin Kennicott - a Critical Edition of the Bible - Oxford, 1776-1780
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Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum, cum variis lectionibus. Edidit Benjaminus Kennicott. Oxford: E. Typographeo Clarendonaino, 1776-1780. With: Dissertatio generalis in Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum cum variis lectionibus. Oxford, 1780 (separate title page). Two volumes. Latin and Hebrew.
A critical edition of the Bible, edited by Benjamin Kennicott (1718-1783) an English churchman and Hebraist.
Hebrew and Latin text, showing textual variations. At the end of the second volume, an additional essay - "Dissertatio generalis" [General Dissertation] - findings of a comprehensive study by Kennicott comparing textual variations of Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts.
This edition of the bible is one of the earliest critical editions, based on many years of research and collation of various manuscripts.
Volume A: XXIII, [1 blank page], VIII, 684, [1] pp. Volume B: [4], 732; 129, [1 blank page], [6] pp, 42.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor creases and tears. Original leather bindings, somewhat damaged. Restored spines. Ex-Libris labels. Ex-Library copies.
A critical edition of the Bible, edited by Benjamin Kennicott (1718-1783) an English churchman and Hebraist.
Hebrew and Latin text, showing textual variations. At the end of the second volume, an additional essay - "Dissertatio generalis" [General Dissertation] - findings of a comprehensive study by Kennicott comparing textual variations of Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts.
This edition of the bible is one of the earliest critical editions, based on many years of research and collation of various manuscripts.
Volume A: XXIII, [1 blank page], VIII, 684, [1] pp. Volume B: [4], 732; 129, [1 blank page], [6] pp, 42.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor creases and tears. Original leather bindings, somewhat damaged. Restored spines. Ex-Libris labels. Ex-Library copies.