Mykur Hayem: Mistranslations and Difficult Passages of the Old Testament...Corrected and Explained...and also Some Views of the Following Hebrew Commentators: Baal Hatoorim, Rashi, Aben Ezra, Rudakh, Ralbak, &c

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

MARCUS, BENJAMIN

printer

Printed at the University Press, by M.H. Gill

Place

Dublin

Publication

1853

Description

FIRST EDITION. English interspersed with Hebrew. Partially uncut and unopened copy

summary

On the title, the Author describes himself as "an Israelite from Russian-Poland, Teacher of the Holy Languages." By utlizing the traditional meforshim (Biblical exegetes), Marcus intended to resolve mistranslations that arose in the English translation of the Bible

pp. 500, (3), (1 blank). Original boards, gutter split. Sm. 4to

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