Author

Contributions

  • Wrangham, Francis, 1769-1842 - Contributor

Publication

1828 - Typis ac sumptibus academicis excudit Joannes Smith : Prostant venales apud J. et J.J. Deighton [and 5 others], Cantabrigiae, England

Language

Latin

Word Count

0 words, Guess

Page Count

0 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCBS474 .W34

Alternate Titles

  • In Biblia polyglotta prolegomena specialia.

Description

This is the prologue to Walton's great *London Polyglot Bible* (or to give it its full title: *Biblia sacra polyglotta: complectentia textus originales, hebraicum, cumpentateucho samaritano, chaldaicum, graecum: versionumque antiquarum, samaritanae,graecae, vulg.lat. quicquid comparari poterat*), which was published from 1653 to 1657. The prologue was published last, but subscribers were encouraged not to bind the first volume until they got it. The London Polyglot had columns giving the text and variant texts in nine different languages: Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic, Samaritan and Persian, with Latin translations of the non-Latin languages. In 2001, the Prolegamena was still supposed to be the best introduction to the world of polyglot biblical research.

Subjects

Topics

BibleLatinPolyglotmultilingualLondon Polyglot

Other Editions

  • Briani Waltoni In Biblia polyglotta prolegomena specialiaTypis ac sumptibus academicis excudit Joannes Smith : Prostant venales apud J. et J.J. Deighton [and 5 others]1828-01-01

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