COMMENTARY

ON

OBADIAH,

Beyond the unfolding of the genuine sense,

and the comparison of interpreters,

presenting

A LATIN VERSION AND EXAMINATION

original: "VERRIONEM," which appears to be a typographical error for "VERSIONEM" (Version).

OF THE COMMENTARY OF

DON ISAAC ABARBENEL,

a most learned Jew, but most hostile

to Christians,

And among other things, wiping away the most unworthy

calumny of the Jews:

THAT CHRISTIANS ARE EDOMITES, AND THAT

THE PUNISHMENTS DENOUNCED AGAINST THE EDOMITES IN THE

SACRED CODE AWAIT THEM.

In medieval Jewish-Christian polemics, "Edom" or "Idumaea"—traditionally the descendants of Esau—was frequently used by Jewish scholars as a coded reference to the Roman Empire and, subsequently, the Christian Church.

Revised Edition.

Including

ENOCH,

described by a PHILOLOGICAL EXERCISE.

A "philological exercise" in this period refers to a scholarly study focusing on the linguistic and historical analysis of a text or figure.

BY THE AUTHOR

AUGUSTUS PFEIFFER,

Public Professor.

original: "P. P.," likely standing for "Professor Publicus." Augustus Pfeiffer (1640–1698) was a noted German Lutheran theologian and orientalist.

WITTENBERG,

Printed by MICHAEL WENDT, 1670.