A manual of Biblical bibliography : comprising a catalogue methodically arranged of the principal editions and versions of the Holy Scriptures; together with notices of the principal philologers, critics, and interpreters of the Bible

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MANUAL

OF

BIBLICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY;

Section I. Principal Editions of the Hebrew Bible - 4

§ ]. Editiones Principes - 4 & 2. Editiones Primariae ; or, those which have been

adopted as theBases of subsequent Impressions 5 & 3. Editions of the Bible with Rabbinical Commentaries - 5 § 4. Editions with Critical Notes and Apparatus - 6 — 1 1 Section II. Editions of the Hebraeo- Samaritan Pentateuch - 11 Section III. Principal Editions of the Greek Testament, and

of detached Books thereof - - 12 — 34 Section IV Polyglott Bibles; or, Editions of the Old and New

Testaments, with Versions in several Languages 35 — 39

Triglott Testament - - - 40

Diglott Bibles - 40

Section V. Antient Versions of the Old and New Testaments 41

§ 1. Targums, or Chaldee Paraphrases on the Old

§ 2. Antient Greek Versions - ... 42

[i.] The Septuagint - 42—47

[ii.] Editions of Origen's Hexapla 47, 48

[hi.] Another antient Greek Version - 48

§ 3. Antient Oriental Versions ... 48

[i.] The Syriac Versions - - - 48

The Peschito, or Old Syriac Version 48

The Philoxenian Syriac Version - 49

[ii.] The Arabic Version - - - 50, 51

[iii.] The Persic Version - - - 51

[iv.j The Egyptian Versions - - - 51

The Coptico-Memphitic, or Version in the

Dialect of Lower Egypt - 51

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Section V- Antient Versions, continued.

The Sahidic, or Version in the Dialect of Upper ^

Egypt The Bashmouric, or Dialect of Bashmour, a

Province of the Delta - - ^

[v.] The Ethiopic Version - - 52,56

[vi.] The Armenian Version - 56 S 4. Antient Western Versions - .56

[i.] The Latin Versions - - 56 Ante-Hieronymian Versions, or those made

before the time of Jerome 56, 54

The Version of Jerome ... ,54

The Latin Vulgate - 55

[ii.] The Gothic Version - £6, 51

[iii.] The Sclavonic Version - 57

[iv.] The Anglo-Saxon Version 58

Section VI. Modern Versions of the Old and New Testaments 58

§ 1. General Observations on the Circulation of the

Scriptures - 58 I. Scarcity and high Prices of the Scriptures. — II. Rude Attempts to convey an Idea of their Contents to the Poor and Illiterate. — Account of the Biblia Pauperum. ■ — III. Number and Classification of the Translations of

the Bible into modern Languages 58 — 62

§ 2. Modern Latin Versions of the entire Bible - 59 Versions made by Romanists - 62, 63 Versions made by Protestants - - 64, 65 Latin Versions of the New Testament - - 65, 66 § 3. Versions in the Languages of Modern Europe - 66 [i.] Versions in the Languages spoken in the British Isles ----- 66 Wicliffe's Version - - 67 English Protestant Versions :

Tyndale's Version - 68 — 70 Coverdale's Bible - - 70 Matthew's Bible ... 71 Hollybushe's New Testament - 71 Cranmer's Great Bible - 72 Taverner's Bible - 73 Other Editions of the English Bible during the remainder of Henry VIII.'s reign and the reign of Edward VI. - - - 73, 74 Anglo-Genevese Version - - 75 Archbishop Parker's, or the Bishops'

Bible ... 76 King James's Bible, or the Authorised

Version now in use - - 76 — 78 Testimonies of eminent Scholars

to its value - 79 82

Editions of the Authorised Version, with Marginal Renderings

and Parallel References - 83 — 87 Editions of the Authorised Version, the Text of which is divided into Paragraphs according to the

subject - gg

Anglo-RoMisH Versions - - . gg g Q

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Section VI. Modern Versions, continued.

Welsh Version Irish Version - -

Manks Version Gaelic Version Tii.] Versions in the Languages spoken on the Continent of Europe ...

1. German Versions

Luther's Version, and Versions in other

Languages derived from it -

Jewish German Versions

2. French Versions - - -

3. (French) Basque Version

4. Belgian Versions

5. Italian Versions - - -

6. Versions in the Spanish Language, and its

Dialects Russian Version Croat Version Hungarian Version Polish Version Bohemian Version Romaic or Modern Greek Version Wallachian Version

9. 10. 11. 12.

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14, 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

15. Bulgarian and Serbian Versions

Romanese Versions - Turkish Versions -

Portuguese Versions

Albanian Version - - -

Maltese Version S 4. Modern Versions in the Languages of Asia [i.J Hebrew

Chaldee ...

Versions in the modern Oriental Languages

1. Versions in the Arabic Language, and its Cognate Dialects

2. Versions in the Sanscrit Language, and its Cognate Dialects

3. Versions in the Chinese, and the Languages derived from or bearing Affinity to it

Other Asiatic Versions - - 1. Formosan - - -

Northern Asiatic ...

Georgian

Modern Armenian ...

Tahitan

Rarotongan - - - -

Cur dish ...

Fac-similes of Specimens of the Versions of the Sacred Scriptures in the Eastern Languages § 5. Modern Versions in the Languages of Africa - 1. Amharic and Tigre, or the Vernacular Languages of Abyssinia 2 Berber Version

2. 3. 4. 5.

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90,91 92 92

92,93

'93 93

93—95

97—99

100, 101

101, 102 102 102 103 103

103, 104 104 104 104

104, 105 105

108, 109

109—113

116,

118—122 122

122, 123 123

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Section VI. Modern Versions, continued.

3. Bullom Version 123

4.. Susoo Version - - 123

5. Malagasse Version - -124

6. Mandingo Version .... 124 7- South African Versions - . - 124

§ 6. Modern Versions in the Languages of America 124

[i.] North American Versions - - 124

1. Virginian Indian Version ... 124

2. Delaware Indian Version ... 1 25

3. Massachussett Version -■ - 125

4. Mohawk Version - - - 125, 126

5. Mohegan Version - - 126

6. Esquimaux Version ... 126 7- Chippeway Version - 126

8. Greenlandish Version - 126

9. Creolese Version - - - 127 10. Negro-English Version - - 127

[ii.] South American Versions - 128

Chapter II. Harmonies of the Old and New Testaments - 128

Section I. Harmonies of the Old Testament - 128 — 130 Section II. Harmonies of the entire New Testament, and of

the Four Gospels - 130—138

Section III. Harmonies of particular Parts of the Four Gospels 138, 139 Section IV- Harmonies of the Acts of the Apostles, and of

the Apostolic Epistles - - - 139 — 141

Section III. Treatises on the Quotations from the Old Testament in the New - - - 171, 172 158

160,

170,

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Chapter III. Treatises on the Sacred Text, &c. continued.

Section IV- Treatises on Manuscripts and on Various Readings. — Collations of Manuscripts, and Collections of Various Readings ... 173 § 1. Treatises on Manuscripts ... 173 — 175 § 2. Treatises on Various Readings •■ - 175, 176 § 3. Collations of Manuscripts, and Collections of

Various Readings .... 177 — 180 § 4. Treatises on the Genuineness of the Disputed

Section V. Treatises on Versions of the Scriptures - 185

§ 1. Treatises on Antient Versions - - 185 — 189

§ 2. Treatises on Modern Versions - - 189 — 192

Chapter IV. Treatises on the Original Languages of Scripture, and Grammars and Lexicons

thereof - - - - 193

Section I. Treatises, &c. on the Hebrew Language - 193 § 1 . Treatises on the Study of the Hebrew Language,

and on the Vowel Points - - - 193 § 2. Hebrew Grammars, and other Treatises on the

Hebrew Language, with Points - - 194

[i.] In the English Language - - 194 — 197

[ii.] In the Latin, French, and German Languages 197 — 200

§ 3. Hebrew Grammars, &c. without Points - 200 — 202

§ 4. Hebrew Grammars with and without Points 202

§ 5. Chaldee Grammars .... 203

§ 6. Grammar of the Samaritan Language - - 204

Section II. Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicons - - 204

§ 1. Hebrew, Latin, and English Lexicons with

§ 2. English and Hebrew Lexicons with Points - 208

§ 3. Hebrew and English Lexicon without Points 208 Section III. Grammars and Lexiconsfor the Greek Testament

and for the Septuagint Version ... 209 § 1. Grammars, and other Treatises on the Greek

Language of the New Testament - - 209, 210 § 2. Glossaries and Lexicons to the Greek Testament ..... 210 — 214 § 3. Lexicons to the Septuagint Version - - 214 Section IV. Grammars and Lexicons of the Cognate or

Kindred Languages - - - 215 § 1. General Treatises, and Polyglott Grammar of

the Cognate or Kindred Languages - 215

§ 2. Polyglott Lexicons of the Kindred Languages - 216

§ 3. Syriac Grammars and Lexicons - 217, 218

§ 4. Arabic Grammars and Lexicons - 219, 220

§ 5. Egyptian Grammars and Lexicons - - 220, 221

§ 6. Ethiopic Grammar and Lexicons - - 222

§ 7. Persian Grammars and Lexicons - - 222

Chapter V. Commentators, Interpreters, and Paraphrasts

on the Scriptures - 223

Section I. On the Interpretation of Scripture - - 224 § 1. General Treatises on the Interpretation of

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Section I. On the Interpretation of Scripture, continued

§ 2. Treatises on the Interpretation of the Figurative Language, and on the Spiritual and Typical

Interpretation of Scripture - - 228, 229 § 3. Treatises on the Interpretation of Scripture

Proverbs and Promises - 229, 230 S 4. Treatises on the Interpretation of Scripture

Warburtonian Lectures on Prophecy - - 232 — 234 Section II. Jewish Writers and Commentators, and Illustrations of the Scriptures derived from Jewish

§ 1. Jewish Writers and Commentators - - 234—238 § 2. Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures, derived

from Jewish Sources - 238, 239 Section III. Christian Commentators, Interpreters, and Para-

phrasts on the Scriptures - - - 239 § 1. Commentaries by the Fathers, and other Divines of the Christian Church, previously to the

Reformation .... 239

[ii.] Latin Fathers - - - - 241 [iii.] Later Divines of the Greek and Latin

Churches - - - - 242

Greek Writers .... 242

Latin Writers - - - 244 § 2. Scholia on the entire Bible, or the greater Part

thereof ..... 245—247 § 3. The principal Commentators on the Scriptures,

generally, since the Reformation - - 248 — 266

[i.] Foreign Commentators on the whole Bible - 248 — 253

[ii.] British Commentators - - - 253—266 § 4. Principal Commentators on the Old Testament,

and on detached books thereof - - 266 — 297

[i.] Commentators on the Old Testament - 266 [ii.] Commentators on detached Books of the Old

Testament .... 267—297 Commentators on the Pentateuch and Historical Books - - - 267 — 271 Commentators on the Poetical Books generally 271, 272 Commentators on the Book of Job - 272 — 275 Commentators on the Book of Psalms - 275 — 281 Commentators on the Book of Proverbs 281, 282 Commentators on Ecclesiastes and the Song

Commentators on the Prophets, generally - 285, 286

Commentators on the Prophet Isaiah 286 — 288

Commentators on Jeremiah and Lamentations 288, 289

Commentators on Daniel ... 290—292

Commentators on the Minor Prophets - 292 — 297 § 5. Commentators on the Apocryphal Books of

the Old Testament .... 297 § 6. Principal Commentators on the New Testament,

and on detached Books thereof - 297 — 349

[i.] Commentators on the entire New Testament 297 — 307

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Section III. Christian Commentators, &c. continued

[ii.] Commentators on detached Books of the New- Testament ...

Commentators on the Historical Books,

generally ...

Commentators on the Gospels of Matthew

and Mark -

Commentators on the Gospel of Luke Commentators on the Gospel of John Commentators on the Acts of the Apostles Commentators on the Whole or Greater

Part of the Apostolic Epistles Commentators on the Epistle to the

Romans -

Commentators on the Epistles to the

Corinthians - Commentators on the Epistles to the

Galatians and Ephesians Commentators on the Epistles to the Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians - Commentators on the Epistles to Timothy,

Titus, and Philemon Commentators on the Seven Catholic

Epistles -

Commentators on the Apocalypse, or Revelation of Saint John § 7. Expository Lectures and Sermons on the Scrip

tures, and on detached Portions thereof § 8. Treatises on reconciling the Contradictions

alleged to exist in the Scriptures § 9. Principal Collections of Observations on the Scriptures, Critical, Philological, and Miscellaneous - _ - . [i.] Collections of Various Essays, and Commentaries on detached Portions of the Scriptures [ii.] Observations on the Scriptures, Critical, Philogical, and Miscellaneous

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307—309

310, 311

312, 313

313—315

315—318

318—322

322, 323

323, 324

324, 325

349, 350

Chapter VI. Concordances and Dictionaries, Common- Place Books, Indexes, and Analyses of the Bible

- 365—374

Section I. Concordances to the Scriptures - - 364

1. Concordances to the Hebrew Bible - - 365

Concordances to the Septuagint Greek Version 365

Concordances to the Greek Testament - 363

Concordance to the Latin Vulgate - _ 366

Concordances to the English Bible - - 367, 366

Concordance to the French Bible - - 367

-_. Dictionaries of the Bible - - - 369 — 378

Chapter VII. Treatises on Biblical Antiquities, and on other Historical Circumstances of the

Section I. General Treatises on Biblical Antiquities 374 377 xii SYNOPTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Chapter VIT. Treatises on Biblical Antiquities, &c. continued.

Section II. Treatises on particular Subjects in Biblical Antiquities .... - 377 § 1. Scripture Geography .... 377 [i.] Treatises on Scripture Geography - - 377 — 379 [ii.] Biblical Atlasses and Maps - - - 379, 380 § 2. Natural History of the Bible - - - 380—383 § 3. Political Antiquities of the Jews - - 383 Treatises on the Laws, Government Coins, &c. of

the Jews ----- 383—386 § 4. Sacred Antiquities of the Jews - - - 386

[i.] Treatises on the Ritual and Sacred Ceremonies

of the Jews ----- 386

[ii.] Treatises on the Religious Notions of the Jews, on the Corruptions of Religion among them, and on the Sects into which they were divided 386 — 388 § 5. Domestic Antiquities, Literature, and Sciences of

§ 6. Miscellaneous Illustrations of Biblical Antiquities

from Oriental Scenery, from Voyages and Travels in

the East, and from Philosophical, Antiquarian, and

other Sources - - - 389—393

Section III. Treatises on the Genealogies mentioned in the

Section IV- Treatises on Sacred Chronology - - 394 — 397

Section V. Connections of Sacred and Profane History. — Histories of the Bible and Scripture Biography 397 — 401

A MANUAL

OF

BIBLICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Introduction.

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL WORKS, TREATING ON THE EDITIONS, LITERARY HISTORY, CRITICISM, ETC. OF THE BIBLE.

1. .DlBLIOTHECA SACRA in binos syllabos distincta. Quorum prior, qui jam tertio auctior prodiit, omnes sive Textus Sacri sive Versionum ejusdem quavis lingua expressarum editiones, necnon praestantiores MSS. Codices, cum notis historicis continet : Posterior vero continet omnia eorum opera quivis idiomate conscripta, qui hue usque in Sacram Scripturam ediderunt, simul collecta, turn ordine alphabetico disposita, turn serie sacrorum librorum. iHuic coronidis loco subjiciuntur Grammatical et Lexica Linguarum prsesertim orientalium, qua? ad illustrandas sacras paginas aliquid adjumenti conferre possunt. Lahore et industria Jacobi Le Long. Parisiis 1723, 2 tomis folio.

The third and best edition of a most laborious work. The first edition appeared at Paris in 1709, in 2 vols. 8vo. ? the second, at Leipsic, in the same year, with additions by C. F. Boerner.

2. Discours Historique sur les principales Editions des Bibles Polyglottes. Par 1'Auteur de la Bibliotheque Sacree. [Jacques Le Long.] Paris, 1713, 8vo.

3. Bibliotheca Sacra post Jacobi Le Long et C. F- Boerneri iteratas curas ordine disposita, emendata, suppleta, continuata ab Andrea Gottlieb Masch. Halae, 1774 — 1797. 5 vols. 4to. frequently bound in two thick volumes.

This elaborate work, which was discontinued for want of adequate support, is confined to the printed editions of the Holy Scriptures. Part I. contains editions of the original Hebrew and Greek text. Part II., in three volumes, treats on the Greek, Oriental, and Latin versions, and on editions of them i and the last volume comprises a supplement to the preceding volumes.

We have been largely indebted to this publication for much information concerning the printed editions of the Old and New Testament. To this valuable work the Bibliotheca Biblica Serenissimi Wuertembergentium Duds, olim, Lorkiana, published by J. G. C. Adler, at Altona, in 1787 (in five parts forming two quarto volumes), is an indispensable supplement. It is very justly characterised by Bp. Marsh as " a catalogue of great merit and utility," and contains notices of some versions and translators, which have escaped even the researches of Dr. Masch.

4. Calmet (Augustine) Bibliotheca Sacra, or a Catalogue of the best books that can be read in order to acquire a good understanding of the Scripture. Folio.

This Catalogue fills a considerable portion of a volume in the various French editions of Calmet's Dictionary of the Bible. It also occupies two hundred and eighty-four pages of the third volume of the English translation of that Dictionary, in folio. It contains copious notices of the earlier biblical critics and commentators, and other writers on Scriptural Antiquities, &c. This valuable Catalogue is omitted in the quarto edition of Calmet's Dictionary, published by the late Mr. C. Taylor.

5. Joh. Christophori Wolfii Bibliotheca Hebraea; sive Notitiatum Auctorum Hebraeorum cujuscumque aetatis, turn Scriptorum, quae vel Hebraice primum exarata, vel ab aliis conversa sunt, ad nostram aetatem deducta. Accedit in calce Jacobi Gaffarelli Index Codicum Cabbalistic. MSS., quibus

VOL. ii. app. (a)

2 General Biographical Treatises

Joh. Picus, Mirandulanus Comes, usus est. Hamburgi et Lipsise, 1715 — 33, 4 tomis, 4to.

6'. Jo. Georgii Walchii Bibliotheca Theologica Selecta, literariis adnotationibus instructa. Jenae, 1757 — 8 — 62 — 65, 4 vols. 8vo.

All who are conversant in sacred literature have borne willing testimony to the correctness and research of Walch, whose work will always remain a production, admirable for the diligence and for the extensive reading and accuracy which it evinces. The sound judgment, remarkable in other works of this theologian, is conspicuous in this publication. All possible aids for theological literature are here embraced. The whole is well arranged : with regard to many books, their contents and value are stated, and directions are given where more extensive information is to be obtained. Of many important works an extensive and accurate literary history is given. All departments of theology have a rich collection of books pertaining to them described, and abundant materials are furnished for the history of religion. The third and fourth volumes are chiefly interesting to Biblical students. How much the author of the present work is indebted to the Bibliotheca Theologica Selecta, the frequent references made to it will sufficiently attest. In 1770, Walchius published a Bibliotheca Patristica in one large volume 8vo. : it contains an excellent account of treatises on the lives and erudition of the Fathers of the Church, and on the editions of their writings. A new edition of this Work, much enlarged and improved, by J. T. L. Danzius, was published at Jena in 1834, also in one volume 8vo.

7. A Concise View of the Succession of Sacred Literature, in a Chronological Arrangement of Authors and their Works, from the Invention of Alphabetical Characters to the Year of our Lord 1445. By Adam Clarke, LL.D. and J. B. B. Clarke, M. A. London 1831—32. 2 vols. 8vo.

The first part of the first volume, which comes down to a. d. 345, was published by Dr. Clarke in 1821, in one volume, 12mo. The remainder of the work was composed by his son, the Rev. J. B. B. Clarke. The whole contains much important information relative to biblical and ecclesiastical literature.

8. A Course of Lectures, containing a Description and Systematic Arrangement of the several Branches of Divinity, accompanied with an Account both of the principal Authors and of the Progress which has been made at different Periods, in Theological Learning. By Herbert Marsh, D.D. [Bishop of Peterborough.] London, 1810 — 1823. 8vo.

Seven parts of these Lectures have been published. They embrace almost every topic of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation, and also the genuineness, authenticity, and credibility of the Scriptures ; and are particularly valuable for their bibliographical and critical notices of the principal writers who have treated on these subjects.

8*. Lectures on the Criticism and Interpretation of the Bible, with two preliminary Lectures on Theological Study and Theological Arrangement: to which are added two Lectures on the History of Biblical Interpretation. By Herbert Marsh, D.D. Bishop of Peterborough. London, 1828. New Edition, 1838. 8vo.

This is a new edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged, of the first four parts of the preceding course of Lectures. The two additional Lectures on the History of Biblical Interpretation, which were published separately, contain bibliographical notices of the principal writers on that subject.

9. Illustrations of Biblical Literature, exhibiting the History and Fate of the Sacred Writings, from the earliest Period to the present Century: including Biographical Notices of Translators and other eminent Biblical Scholars. By the Rev. James Townley, D.D. London, 1821. 3 vols. 8vo.

" The ample volumes before us comprise a rich fund of instructive and pleasino- information on the subject of Sacred Bibliography. They have been compiled from a great variety of publications, many of them inaccessible to the generality of readers, and some of them of extreme rarity." " The industry and the accuracy of Mr. Townley will entitle

his volumes to the approbation of the critic and the patronage of the public. They afford a more comprehensive view of the progress of Biblical Translations and of the Literary and Ecclesiastical History of the Holy Sci iptures than is to be found in any other work." (Eclectic Review, N.S. vol. xviii. pp. 386. 407.)

10. An Introduction to the Literary History of the Bible. By James Townley, D.D. London, 1828. 12mo.

on the Editions, fyc. of the Bible. 3

This handsomely executed volume, which is a second edition of the Biblical Anecdotes published by Dr. Townley in 1813, maybe considered as an epitome of his Illustrations of Biblical Literature. It contains many interesting anecdotes relative to the Literary History of the Scriptures from the earliest period to the commencement of the nineteenth century.

11. Bibliotheca Biblica: a Select List of Books on Sacred Literature, with Notices Biographical, Critical, and Bibliographical. By William Orme. London, 1824. 8vo.

For many of his titles and notices of hooks, Mr. Orme has been indebted to the present Work, to which he has honourably acknowledged his obligations. " The theological student cannot fail to derive much advantage from it ; and the more learned divine will find it an excellent supplement to the Bibliotheca Theologica Selecta of the laborious Walchius, or to the erudite Bibliotheca Sacra of Le Long." (British Critic, N. S. vol. xxii. p. 486.)

12. Bibliotheque Sacree Grecque-Latine ; contenant le Tableau Chronologique, Biographique, et Bibliographique, des Auteurs Inspires etdes Auteurs Ecclesiastiques, depuis Moi'se jusqu'a Saint Thomas d'Aquin. Ouvrage redige" d'apres Mauro Boni et Gamba. Par Ch. Nodier. Paris, 1826. 8vo.

A convenient summary of biblical and ecclesiastical Bibliography. The author first gives a concise hiographical notice of the sacred and ecclesiastical writers, and then specifies the principal editions of their works. A List is then subjoined of the Collections of the Canons and Acts of Councils and of the Canon Law, of Ecclesiastical Biographers, and of the Works of the Greek and Latin Fathers, and other Ecclesiastical Writers, and of the Greek and Latin Christian Poets.

13. Bibliotheca Sussexiana. A Descriptive Catalogue, accompanied by Historical and Biographical Notices, of the Manuscripts and Printed Books contained in the Library of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. By Thomas Joseph Pettigrevr, F.R.S. &c.&c. London, 1827. Imperial 8vo.

This magnificent Publication has a special claim to be noticed in the present Catalogue of Biblical Works, on account of the diversified and important information which it communicates respecting Editions of the Holy Scriptures, and which is not to be found in the bibliographical treatises already described.

The first portion of the Bibliotheca Sussexiana is appropriated to Manuscripts, the number of which amounts very nearly to three hundred : these are arranged according to languages, viz., in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, English, Irish, Arabic, Persian, Armenian, Pali, Singhalese, and Burman.

The second part treats on Printed Editions of the Holy Scriptures, disposed under the following titles, viz. Polyglotts of the Old and New Testaments and of detached portions thereof; — Hebrew Bibles, Hebrew and Hebrew- Samaritan Pentateuchs, and portions of the Old Testament in Hebrew ; — Greek Bibles, Greek Pentateuch, and portions of the Old Testament in Greek ; — Latin Bibles, and parts of the Old Testament in Latin : forming an aggregate of four hundred and ninety -nine articles, many of which are among the rarest and most valuable in Sacred Bibliography.

Much as has been accomplished by preceding authors who have treated on Sacred Bibliography, the laborious researches of Mr. Pettigrew have enabled him to contribute large and important additions to this branch of literature. He has accurately and minutely described the several editions of the Scriptures, and his Bibliographical Notices correct the errors, and supply the deficiencies, of former writers. Curious specimens of metrical Versions are introduced, besides numerous biographical and critical anecdotes of authors and editors. The numerous engravings are executed in the highest style of the chalcographic art. Creditable as the work is to Mr. Pettigrew, in a literary point of view, it would be injustice to the distinguished owner of (his magnificent library, not to acknowledge the very liberal facility with which His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex permits it to be consulted by scholars.

There are copies of this Catalogue in small folio, the typographical splendour of which is unequalled.

Hebrew Bibles. [Pait I. Ch. I.

PART I.

Holy Scriptures.

Section I. Principal Editions Of The Hebrew Bible

BlSHOP WALTON 1 , Carpzov 2 , and particularly Le Long, have treated at great length on the various editions of the Hebrew Scriptures. These have been divided by De Rossi and others into Masoretic and Non-Masoretic editions, — a distinction, the utility of which is not perceived. In the present section, Dr. Masch's improved edition of Le Long's Bibliotheca Sacra 3 has been chiefly followed. The various impressions of the Hebrew Bible may be divided into the four following classes, viz.

(1.) Editiones Principes, or those first printed.

(2.) Editiones Primariae, or those which have been adopted as the bases of subsequent impressions.

(3.) Editions, the text of which is accompanied with Rabbinical Commentaries.

(4.) Editions, which are furnished with Critical Apparatus.

§ 1. Editiones Principes.

1. Psalterium Hebraicum, cum commentario Kimchii. Anno 237(1477). 4to.

The first printed Hebrew book. It is of extreme rarity, and is printed (probably at Bologna) with a square Hebrew type, approaching that of the German Jews. The text is without points, except in the four first psalms, which are clumsily pointed. The commentary of Rabbi Kimchi is subjoined to each verse of the text in the rabbinical character, and is much more complete than in the subsequent editions, as it contains all those passages which were afterwards omitted, as being hostile to Christianity. Prof. Jahn states that it is incorrectly printed, and that the matres lectionis are introduced or omitted at the pleasure of the editors.

2. Biblia Hebraica, cum punctis. Soncino, 1488, folio.

The first edition of the entire Hebrew Bible ever printed. It is at present of such extreme.

i Prolegom. cap. iv. De Bibliorum Editionibus prsecipuis.

2 Critica Sacra, pars i. cap. 9, pp. 387 — 428.

3 Bibliotheca Sacra, post. Jacobi Le Long et C. F. Boerneri iteratus curas ordine disposita emendata, suppleta, continuata ab Andrea Gottlieb Masch. Hala:, 4to. 1778 85 90.'

consulted occasionally

Manuel been

Sect. I. § 2, 3.] Hebrew Bibles. 5

rarity, that only nine or ten copies of it are known to be in existence. One of these is in the library of Exeter College, Oxford. At the end of the Pentateuch there is a long Hebrewsubscription, indicating the name of the editor (Abraham Ben Chajim), the place where it was printed, and the date of the edition. This very scarce volume consists, according to Masch, of 373 (but Brunet says 380) folios, printed with points and accents, and also with signatures and catchwords. The initial letters of each book are larger than the others, and are ornamented. Dr. Kennicott states, that there are not fewer than twelve thousand verbal differences between this edition and that of Van der Hooght ; his assertion is questioned by Masch. The researches of biblical critics have not succeeded in ascertaining what manuscripts were used for this Hebrew Bible. It is, however, acknowledged that these two very antient editions are equal in value to manuscripts.

§ 2. Editiones Primarle:, or those which have been adopted as the bases of subsequent impressions.

1. Biblia Hebraica, 8vo. Brixiae, 1494.

This edition was conducted by Gerson, the son of Rabbi Moses. It is also of extreme rarity, and is printed in long lines, except part of the Psalms, which is in two columns. The identical copy of this edition, from which Luther made his German translation, is said to be preserved in the Royal Library at Berlin. This edition was the basis of, 1. The Hebrew Text of the Complutensian Polyglott; 2. Bomberg's^rs* Rabbinical Bible, Venice, 1518, in 4 vols, folio ; 3. Daniel Bomberg's 4to. Hebrew Bible, Venice, 1518 ; 4. His second Hebrew Bible, 4to. Venice 1521 ; and, 5. Sebastian Munster's Hebrew Bible, Basil, 1536, in 2 vols. 4to.

2. Another primary edition is the Biblia Hebraica Bombergiana II. folio, Venice, 1525, 1526, folio.

This was edited by Rabbi Jacob Ben Chajim, who had the reputation of being profoundly learned in the Masora, and other branches of Jewish erudition. He pointed the text according to the Masoretic system. This edition is the basis of all the modern pointed copies.

§ 3. Editions of the Bible with Rabbinical Commentaries.

Besides the Biblia Rabbinica I. et II. just mentioned, we may notice in this class the three following editions ; viz.

1. Biblia Hebraica cum utraque Masora, Targum, necnon commentariis Rabbinorum, studio et cum praefatione R. Jacob F. Chajim, Venetiis, 1547 — 154-9, 4 tomis in 2 vols, folio.

This is the second of Rabbi Jocob Ben Chajim's editions; and, according to M. Brunet, is preferable to the preceding, as well as to another edition executed in 1568, also from the press of Daniel Bomberg.