Good orig. navy cloth. Backstrip detached, pieces laid in. [3], xxx, 634 p.; front. (of author), 2 pl. ancient characters from inscriptions; 25.5 cm. Errata slip tipped in at Contents. [balance of title] its Authorized English Version. -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Preliminary philological observations. -- II. Proofs of the spuriousness of the matres lectionis in the sacred text derived from the uses made of them in its nomenclature. -- III. Proofs of the spuriousness of the matres lectionis in the sacred text, derived from the uses made of them in the structure of its language. -- IV. Continuation of the argument derived from the structure of the Hebrew language. -- V. Final part of the argument derived from the structure of the language [Hebrew text formerly not divided into words nor distributed into verses] -- VI. Corroboration of foregoing argument derived from a foreign source [Gesenius's study of Phoenician vowel-letters] -- Appendix. Supplementary materials. 1. Indications of unfair design which the first vocalization of the sacred text betrays. - 2. The Christians utterly ignorant of Hebrew during by far the greater part of the second century. - 3. Investigation of the date of the first vocalization of the Hebrew text. - 4. Of the spurious Greek versions of the Old Testament that were written, most of them, in the second century. - 5. A brief review of the conduct of the Jewish rulers during the second century, and a few of those next ensuing. - 6. Of the Peshitah, or first Syriac version. - 7. Of the Samaritan text and version. - 8. Of the Chaldee versions, strictly so called, that is, the order targums. - 9. Value of the present discovery illustrated by one more example [Kennicott's argument on Joshua xxiv, 19]. Binding is Hardcover.

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Title: Proofs of the interpolation of the vowel-letters in the text of the Hebrew Bible, and grounds thence derived for a revision of
Publisher: London; Dublin (printed) Whittaker and Co. [etc.] 1857.
Binding: Hardcover

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