Bible. ZANOLINI, Antonio. Quaestiones e sacra scriptura ex linguarum orientalium interpretatione ortae. Patavii, Typis Seminarii: apud Joannem Manfre, 1725 8vo, 180x110 mm; contemporary full vellum binding, handwritten title on spine. Pp. [20], 149 [i.e. 139], [9]. Woodcut vignette on titlepage. Woodcut initials. Ex Libris handwritten in brown ink: R. T. Gambazzi. Text in latin and a lot of characters in jewish. Nice copy.
First edition. The work, dedicated to Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo, examines several controversial passages of the Holy Bible for the purpose of a correct interpretation. Antonio Zanolini, educated in Jurisprudence, learned Jewish, the Chaldean and Syriac, teaching Oriental Languages in the Seminary of Padua, succeeding the Pasini. Against every prejudice, he maintained the importance of the study of the Jewish against all those who considered him "suspectum, prope haereticum", as he recalls in the dedicatory to Barbadigo; and published important studies and a trilingual vocabulary.Vedova, Scrittori Padovani, II/pp. 446-7
Bible. ZANOLINI, Antonio. Quaestiones e sacra scriptura ex linguarum orientalium interpretatione ortae. Patavii, Typis Seminarii: apud Joannem Manfre, 1725 8vo, 180x110 mm; contemporary full vellum binding, handwritten title on spine. Pp. [20], 149 [i.e. 139], [9]. Woodcut vignette on titlepage. Woodcut initials. Ex Libris handwritten in brown ink: R. T. Gambazzi. Text in latin and a lot of characters in jewish. Nice copy.
First edition. The work, dedicated to Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo, examines several controversial passages of the Holy Bible for the purpose of a correct interpretation. Antonio Zanolini, educated in Jurisprudence, learned Jewish, the Chaldean and Syriac, teaching Oriental Languages in the Seminary of Padua, succeeding the Pasini. Against every prejudice, he maintained the importance of the study of the Jewish against all those who considered him "suspectum, prope haereticum", as he recalls in the dedicatory to Barbadigo; and published important studies and a trilingual vocabulary.Vedova, Scrittori Padovani, II/pp. 446-7
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