Triumpho da Religiaõ. Poema Epico-Polemico. pp. (24), 55, (3), 331, (1 blank). * WITH: Segunda reposta a os novos reparos, que se fizeraõ ao Triumpho da Religiaõ. pp. 63, (1), 55, (1).

PINA E DE MELLO, FRANCISCO DE.

Coimbra

1756 and 1757

Together, two volumes. Both FIRST EDITION.

The rhymed couplets of this sprawling epic poem celebrate the triumph of Religion, which is to say Catholicism, over its many adversaries: Atheism, Polytheism, Deism, Religious Libertinism, Mohammedanism, Judaism, Lutheranism and Calvinism. (A book is devoted to each of these.). In Book VII (“Contra o Hebraismo”), the Author displays his familarity with the Rabbinic tradition. Thus, in the footnote to p.154 he presents the opinions of Rabbino Kimchi (Radak) and Rabb. Salomaõ (Rashi) and the various Targums concerning the proper interpretation of the verse in Genesis 49:10.