A Discource Concerning the True Notion of the Lord’s Supper. To which are added Two Sermons… The First Sermon, or a Discourse (…John) The Second Sermon, or a Discourse (…Corinth).

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CUDWORTH, RALPH.

A Discource Concerning the True Notion of the Lord’s Supper. To which are added Two Sermons… The First Sermon, or a Discourse (…John) The Second Sermon, or a Discourse (…Corinth).

Two parts in one. English text interspersed with Hebrew, Greek and Arabic. pp. 262, lacking pp. 31-32 and portion of pp. 207-208. Stained. Old boards, worn. 8vo.

London: J(ames) Flesher for R(ichard) Royston 1670

Est: $100 - $150

PRICE REALIZED $20

A leading opponent of Thomas Hobbes's political and philosophical views, the English philosopher and professor of Hebrew Ralph Cudworth (1617-88) also headed the Cambridge Platonists. Chapters in the present work include: The Jewish Custome of Feasting upon Sacrifices; Concerning the Jewish Passeover; and The Passeover a Sacrafice. Many Biblical and Talmudic verses and classical commentaries (i.e. the Targum, R’ David Kimchi, Nachmanides, etc) are cited.