Selected Theological Library

the other, however, in the same place 1667, 8vo FABRICIUS, Historia Bibliothecae, Part VI, p. 144; BAUMGARTEN, Nachrichten von merckwürdigen Büchern, Vol. II, p. 107., with a new preface by Leusden. Both, if you look at the letters and the paper, are sufficiently neat: the latter is more correct than the former; yet less free of faults and so accurate that it holds the first place among all editions, just as Leusden wished to persuade others: Compare: MEIER, Sphalmata bibliorum Leusdenii atque Athiae Errors of the Leusden and Athias Bibles, Wittenberg 1687. When MARESIUS, in a letter published in 1669, had passed a judgment on these Hebrew Bibles that was more unjust than it should have been, to refute his accusations a little book came forth: The blind man on colors, that is, the just defense of Joseph Athias against the inept, absurd, and unlearned reproach of Samuel Maresius, Amsterdam 1669. It exists in CREN, Animadversiones philologicae et historicae, Part II, p. 121. The author is not sufficiently known.

DAVID NUNNES TORES, who, when he brought to light the Hebrew code provided with the notes of RASHI at Amsterdam, 1700, 12mo, in four volumes, at the same time took care to have the same described alone without the Rashi commentaries, in the same form and with the same type, and this edition was begun in 1700 and brought to an end in 1705. His work proved itself to many Jews, because such forms of letters were used as are found in manuscript codes: BAUMGARTEN, Nachrichten von merckwürdigen Büchern, Vol. II, p. 113.

SALOMON BEN JOSEPH PROPS, who wrote out the Hebrew code in letters and brought it to light at Amsterdam, 1724, 8vo. By right he holds a place among the most accurate editions and is deservedly praised by Jo. Meyer, Guil. Surenhusius, Carolo Schaaf, Alberto Schultens, Ottone Verbrugge, whose testimonies are prefixed: Ibidem, Vol. IX, p. 196.

There are more editions of the Hebrew code, the care of which Christians undertook, the older as well as the more recent. To the adorning of those, they contributed their studies:

DANIEL BOMBERG, from whose workshop five editions of the Hebrew Bibles came forth at Venice, 4to: