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Hi Bill:
Among the French writers from the mid 17th century to
mid 18th century on the Old Testament are Louis Cappel
(Capellus 1585-1658), Hugo Grotius (1583-1645, Jean
Leclerc (1657-1736), Richard Simon (1638-1712),
Antoine Augustin Calmet (1672-1757), and Jean Austruc
(1684-1766).
Ludovici Cappelli Critica sacra : sive, de variis quae
in Sacris Veteris Testamenti libris occurrunt
lectionibus libri sex / edita in lucem studio & opera
Iohannis Cappelli. (Lutetiae Parisiorum : sumptibus
Sebastiani Cramoisy ..., 1650).
Histoire critique du Vieux Testament / par Richard
Simon ... (Paris : [s.n.], 1680).
Discours et dissertations sur tous les livres de
l?Ancien Testament / par Augustin Calmet. (Paris :
Chez Pierre Emery, 1715).
John
--- Bill Cole <bill@COLE.JAZZTEL.ES> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am cataloguing an item well outside my fields
> of expertise, and thus
> would appreciate guidance from anyone more
> knowledgeable in this area than
> I.
>
> The item is an extremely thorough manuscript
> exegesis, c. 1700, of the
> books of Ezekiel and Daniel. It is over 1,000 pages
> 4to, written in French,
> on very fine paper, in a neat, almost calligraphic
> hand, and attractively
> bound in contemporary calf.
>
> There is no name of either the author or the
> copyist, who may or may not
> be two different people. There is no date or place.
>
> Somebody obviously went to great trouble to
> write (or copy) this
> manuscript, and then to have it bound.
>
> Are such manuscripts common?
>
> Why the anonymity? Was it because such details
> didn't matter to the
> author, or might it have been from fear of religious
> persecution?
>
> Were printed exegeses of Old Testament books
> common at the time? I know
> that Bossuet wrote (at about the same time) about
> the Psalms, Isaiah, and
> Job.
>
> Are there any individuals who specialize in such
> writings?
>
>
> Many thanks
>
>
> Bill Cole
> Cole & Contreras Books
>
John N. Lupia, III
Beachwood, New Jersey 08722 USA; Beirut, Lebanon
Fax: (732) 349-3910
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