Observationum Sacrarum Libri Septem, In Quibus De Rebus varii argumenti, & utilissimae investigationis, Critice ac Theologice, disseritur; Sacrorum imprimis Librorum Loca multa obscuriora nova vel clariore luce perfunduntur. Tomus I. Editio Ultima; Tomus II. Editio Tertia. 2-vol. set (Complete)
Amstelodami: Fredericum Horreum, 1727. Third edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8 1/4 x 6 1/2"). [32], 1052, [38]pp (Vol. 1); [16], 508, [24], [2], 254pp (Vol. 2). Original full vellum, with handwritten title on each spine. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Pieter Tanjé in Vol. 1. Main title for each volume in red and black lettering with publisher's vignette engraved by A. Zeeman. Parts 2, 3, 4 (in first volume), 7 (in second volume) have separate title-pages respectively dated 1723, 1723, 1724, and 1726, with Jacobum Horreum as publisher, in Franequerae (Franeker). Title vignette for each of these title pages. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials.
"Observationum Sacrarum" is an impressive collection of material on "philological, exegetical, and theological topics which grew over the decades into an impressive six-volume set (the seven and last volume was published posthumously).
The collection consists largely of material prepared in connection with Vitringa's public disputations" (For more information, see: Charles K. Telfer's "Wrestling with Isaiah: The Exegetical Methodology of Campegius Vitringa" (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016), Page 29).
This work is complete with its engraved Kabbalistic plate facing page 142 in first volume.
Bindings somewhat darkened and age-toned. Ex-library sticker at tail of spines, and stamp on each fly leaf and main titles. Text in Latin, with some Hebrew and Greek. Bindings in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition. g- to vg. Item #43153
About the author: Campegius Vitringa (1659-1722) was a Dutch Protestant theologian and Hebraist. A follower of Johannes Cocceius,Vitringa was a supporter of prophetic theology. He was educated at the universities of Franeker and Leiden, and became professor of Oriental languages at the former in 1681. When locating prophetic outcomes, he would associate events to the near rather than the far-off future, placing a distinct focus on the period of the Maccabees (2nd Century BC). Like Joseph Mede (1586-1638), Vitringa believed wholeheartedly that the Millennium was yet to come, but did not expect any immediate changes. He relegated the end of the time to a remote future and strongly emphasized the concept of New Jerusalem (From Wikipedia).
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