The Younger (ed.) Trium Scriptorum Illustrium de Tribus Judaeorum Sectis Syntagma. In quo Nicolai Serarii, Johannis Drusii, Josephi Scaligeri, Opuscula [The Sects of the Jews]
AUCTION 53 |
Thursday, December 08th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 222
TRIGLAND, JACOB
The Younger (ed.) Trium Scriptorum Illustrium de Tribus Judaeorum Sectis Syntagma. In quo Nicolai Serarii, Johannis Drusii, Josephi Scaligeri, Opuscula [The Sects of the Jews]
Delft: Adrian Beman 1703
Est: $300 - $500
Anthology of Works by Dutch Christian Hebraists on Second Temple Judaism. Contains Drusius' short work on the Hasidim in the Book of Maccabees; Serararius' lengthy study on the Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes; Drusius' long work on the Jewish sects; followed by Scaliger's animadversions to Serarius. For an appraisal of the Hebraic learning of Johannes Drusius (1550-1616) and Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540-1609), see A.L. Katchen, Christian Hebraists and Dutch Rabbis (1984), pp. 31-35.