{"product_id":"1650-critica-sacra-seventeenth-century-hebrew-and-greek-biblical-lexicon-probable-edward-ledwich-copy","title":"1650 Critica Sacra—Seventeenth-Century Hebrew and Greek Biblical Lexicon—Probable Edward Ledwich Copy","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eA substantial seventeenth-century biblical-language reference work containing Edward Leigh’s philological and theological studies of the original \u003cstrong\u003eHebrew of the Old Testament and Greek of the New Testament\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdward Leigh. \u003cem\u003eCritica Sacra\u003c\/em\u003e. London: Abraham Miller and Roger Daniel for Thomas Underhill, 1650. Two parts bound together.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first part examines the Hebrew roots or “radices” of the Old Testament, arranged alphabetically and explained through their etymology, scriptural usage, variant meanings, and treatment by earlier biblical scholars. The second part provides a corresponding study of the Greek vocabulary of the New Testament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeigh intended the book for ministers, theologians, translators, and readers seeking to understand Scripture through its original languages. The pages combine English, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew type in a dense scholarly presentation, with extensive marginal references and comprehensive indexes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume contains:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe enlarged second edition of the Old Testament Hebrew section\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe corrected third edition of the New Testament Greek section\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeparate title pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlphabetical Hebrew and Greek entries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScriptural, linguistic, and subject indexes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeventeenth- and eighteenth-century manuscript annotations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProbable Ownership of Edward Ledwich\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn early blank bears the inscription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Edwᵈ Ledwich, October the 21st, 1757.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis may be the ownership inscription of \u003cstrong\u003eEdward Ledwich (1738–1823)\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Irish clergyman, historian, and antiquary best remembered for \u003cem\u003eThe Antiquities of Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e. Ledwich had entered Trinity College Dublin in 1755 and would have been nineteen years old when the inscription was written—precisely the period when such a Hebrew and Greek theological reference work would have been useful to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe identification is historically plausible and adds an intriguing Irish scholarly provenance, although the handwriting has not been formally authenticated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bound in early full calf with raised spine bands and a gilt-lettered “Leigh Critica Sacra” label. The binding is heavily worn, rubbed, stained, and abraded, with substantial leather loss at the corners, edges, spine ends, and joints. Hinges and sewing are weakened, with loosened leaves and visible structural wear. The title and preliminary leaves exhibit extensive creasing, edge loss, tears, staining, old manuscript writing, and early repairs, including patches made with contemporary printed wastepaper. Numerous leaves have worn or chipped margins, occasional tears, creases, staining, foxing, worming, and period annotations. Text generally remains dark and legible. An evocative, substantially unrestored scholarly volume showing more than three centuries of active ownership and use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52771585917210,"sku":null,"price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/IMG_2755_64b28e2b-c50e-40ee-a8cb-ccd53422079f.jpg?v=1788184336","url":"https:\/\/www.thearchiveauthority.com\/products\/1650-critica-sacra-seventeenth-century-hebrew-and-greek-biblical-lexicon-probable-edward-ledwich-copy","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}