1661 ISAAC VOSSIUS. On the Interpretation of the Pentateuch. Early Critical Scholarship. Manuscript

1661 ISAAC VOSSIUS. On the Interpretation of the Pentateuch. Early Critical Scholarship. ManuscriptA very attractive 17th century vellum bound edition of Isaac Vossius' important commentary on the Septuagint. One of the most academically connected Christian scholars of the era, he was friends with Hugo Grotius and James Ussher. With the 17th century rise of deism, there were several apologetic responses. As now, some chose to double down on what could drift toward hyper literalism. Others chose to open to limiting and fresh views of the nature of

Very scarce first edition of an important collection of sermons by mentee of Jonathan Edwards and significant Great Awakening figure

he was a Baptist with a distinctively Calvinistic strain

Jayes Yair [Trans

The only other copy on the market a 1569 edition

"It was no unusual thing [under his revivals] to see persons so entirely deprived of bodily strength that they would fall from their seats

a few points consolidated on the spine and a tear below the label

and tens of thousands held vigils in his honor

he accepted

1889-1891 CIVIL WAR

Labeled on the rear

The choice of Syracuse turned out to be propitious

I remember the Chiefs by my hatchet laid low