1661 ISAAC VOSSIUS. On the Interpretation of the Pentateuch. Early Critical Scholarship. Manuscript The only other copy on

The only other copy on the market a 1569 edition

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

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

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1661 ISAAC VOSSIUS. On the Interpretation of the Pentateuch. Early Critical Scholarship. Manuscript The only other copy onA 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