An ornate engraved vignette at the top of the page. It features two allegorical female figures in a formal garden setting. On the left, a figure wearing a helmet and armor sits beside a shield, several books, and scientific instruments including a globe and telescope. On the right, a winged figure holds a floral wreath, with a cross resting at her feet. Between them, a domed temple or pavilion stands at the end of a path with a central fountain. A banner above the scene reads: "They provide mutual help to one another" original: "MUTUAM SIBI PRÆSTANT OPEM".

CHAPTER VIII

ON THE WRITINGS OF EXEGETICAL THEOLOGY

SECTION I.

ON THE EDITIONS OF THE CODEX OF BOTH TESTAMENTS, EXPRESSED IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE.

SYNOPSIS.

After the subject of this section has been exposed in a general way in §. I, the editions of the Hebrew code are reviewed, both those of the Jews and those of the Christians: the older as well as the more recent §. II. Specifically those in which the points have been omitted §. III. Having narrated these, a commemoration is made of the editions of the Greek code, which are divided into three classes. The first

comprises the editions which exhibit the books of the New Testament in Greek only §. IV. The second those which are simultaneously provided with notes, partly critical, of differing readings §. V. Partly philological and exegetical §. VI. The third those to which versions in various languages are added to the Greek text §. VII. VIII. IX.

A decorative woodcut initial 'Q' showing a person surrounded by elaborate vine-like foliage. Since now my work must be occupied in listing those books which pertain to exegetical theology and serve the interpreters of divine oracles, the thing itself demands that I take my beginning from the sacred code itself. The number of writings is huge, which