Observationum Sacrarum Libri Sex, In Quo De Rebus varii argumenti, & utilissimae investigationis, Critice ac Theologice, disseritur; Sacrorum imprimis Librorum Loca multa obscuriora nova vel clariore luce perfunduntur. Editio Novissima cui accessit auctoris Geographia Sacra anecdota et praemissa est Eiusdem Vita. Tomus Primus quo Libri Quatuor Priores comprehenduntur. Tomus Secundus quo Libri Duo Posteriores et Geographia Sacra comprehenduntur. 2-vol. bound in one (Complete)
Jenae (Jena): Ex Officina Io. Bernhardi Hartungii, 1723. Editio Novissima (New edition); First edition (Geographia Sacra). Hardcover. Octavo (8 1/4 x 6 3/4"). [38], 1134, [34]pp (Vol. 1); [18], 531, [19], [8], 116pp (Vol. 2). Contemporary 3/4 parchment over marbled paper covered boards, with handwritten title to spine. All paper edges red. Main title in red and black lettering. Title vignette. Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Geographia Sacra have separate title-pages. 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.
The first volume contains the first four books of "Observationum Sacrarum."
The second volume contains the last two books of "Observationum Sacrarum" (5 and 6) as well as the first edition of Vitringa's "Geographia Sacra" (Biblical Geography).
Binding darkened and partly rubbed along edges. Ex-library sticker at tail of spine, and stamp on half-title and main title. Previous owner's Ex-Libris on inside of front cover (Samuel R. Kerr). Contemporary previous owner's inscription in Dutch at upper margin of front free endpaper. Sporadic foxing and offsetting throughout. Text in Latin, with some Hebrew and Greek. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in good to very good condition. g- to vg. Item #43154
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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