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The Books of Chronicles – Bilingual Edition in Aramaic and Latin – Amsterdam, 1715

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Translation of the Books of Chronicles (I and II), authored by "Rabbi Yosef, Rosh Yeshiva in Syria" / Paraphrasis Chaldaica, In Librum Priorem Et Posteriorem Chronicorum, translated by David Wilkins. Amsterdam: Johannem Boom, 1715. Aramaic and Hebrew.
Translation of the biblical Books of Chronicles by the Prussian-born Orientalist and Bible scholar David Wilkins (1685-1745), according to the Aramaic version authored by the Amoretic Babylonian sage Rav Yosef ("the Blind") bar Hiyya (d. ca. 333 CE). Aramic and Latin on facing pages.[53], 415 pp., 20 cm. Good condition. Thick leaves, mostly clean. Creases to title page. Handwritten notation on title page. Minor stains. Front binding and title page slightly loose. Minor wear to binding.
Grammar Books, Theology, Bibles, Travelogues, Prints and Maps
Grammar Books, Theology, Bibles, Travelogues, Prints and Maps