De Decem-Viris Otiosis, Ad sacra necessaria Veteris Synagogae curanda deputatis [study of the ancient synagogal institution of the "Asarah Batlanim" (viz. Mishnah Megillah 1:3)]

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VITRING, CAMPEGIUS.

De Decem-Viris Otiosis, Ad sacra necessaria Veteris Synagogae curanda deputatis [study of the ancient synagogal institution of the "Asarah Batlanim" (viz. Mishnah Megillah 1:3)]

FIRST EDITION. Latin interspersed with Hebrew, Greek and occasionally Dutch. pp.(30), 300, (10). Ex-library, light foxing. Recent boards. Sm. 4to

Franeker: Johann Gyselaar 1687

Est: $350 - $500
The Dutch Calvinist Campegius Vitringa (1659-1722), Professor of Oriental Languages at the University of Franeker, was eminently familiar with all aspects of Judaism. His dissertation focused upon the ancient institution of the synagogue, “De Synagoga Vetere” (Franeker, 1685). See EJ, Vol. VIII col. 65.