1661 ISAAC VOSSIUS. On the Interpretation of the Pentateuch. Early Critical Scholarship. Manuscript Very scarce first edition of

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

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1661 ISAAC VOSSIUS. On the Interpretation of the Pentateuch. Early Critical Scholarship. Manuscript Very scarce first edition ofA 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