Worthington, John, 1663-1737 (Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1663 - 1737
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
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Notes on the Old Testament, seventeenth century
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.03.22, MS Mm.03.23, MS Mm.03.24
Scope and Contents
Chiefly from the Rabbis. Possibly by John Worthington, Fellow of Peterhouse in 1688. The first volume contains the Pentateuch, with the preface of R. Abraham ben Meir ben Ezra: after this follows a list of 'the Sections of the Law according to the Masora', after which the notes begin: they are carelessly written and abound in corrections. The second contains the books from Joshua to Esther, with the prefaces of R. David Kimchi and R. Levi. The third contains the books from Job to...
Dates:
seventeenth century
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