Moses & Aaron : civil and ecclesiastical rites, used by the ancient Hebrewes, observed, and at large opened, for the clearing of many obscure texts thorowout the whole Scripture : which texts are now added in the end of the book : herein likewise is shewed what customes the Hebrews borrowed from heathen people, and that many heathenish customes, originally have been unwarrantable imitations of the Hebrewes / by Thomas Godwyn, B.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodwin, Thomas, 1586 or 1587-1642.

Contributor:

Griffin, Sarah, active 1653-1673, printer.

Williams, John, -1683, bookseller.

Crooke, Andrew, -1674, bookseller.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Antiquities.

Jewish law--Early works to 1800.

Jewish law.

Jews--Antiquities--Early works to 1800.

Jews.

Judaism--Customs and practices--Early works to 1800.

Judaism.

Judaism--Customs and practices.

Penn Provenance:

Hotchkiss, Robert V. (donor) (stamp)

Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary of the United Presbyterian Church of North America (stamp)

Allegheny Theological Seminary (bookplate) (stamp)

Doury, Christopher (inscription)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 062, that is, 270, 10 pages ; 19 cm (4to)

Edition:

The seventh edition.

Other Title:

Moses and Aaron

Civil and ecclesiastical rites, used by the ancient Hebrewes

Fingerprint:

s,i- d.ds an3. ABto (3) 1655 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by S.G. for Andrew Crook, and John Williams, ..., 1655.

Notes:

Edition statement precedes statement of responsibility on title page.

Signatures: A-2N⁴.

Leaf 2N2 signed 2R2.

Printer "S.G." identified as Sarah Griffin in Wing.

Pages 103, 262, 266, 267, and 270 misnumbered 301, 162, 812, 261, and O62 respectively.

The last five leaves contain "The names of authours cited in this booke" and "A table of the severall texts of Scripture explained in the six books."

Includes index.

Title bound together here (subsequent to publication) is commonly found with two other school texts of ancient history. By 1685 the three works, consisting of "Romanae historiae" and "Moses and Aaron" both by Thomas Goodwin, and "Archaeologiae Atticae" by Francis Rous, were being issued together under a general title-page.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Rev. Robert V. Hotchkiss.

Penn Libraries copy with ms. inscription: Ex libris Christophori Doury(?), 1661.

Penn Libraries copy with dated ownership stamp: R.V. Hotchkiss Jan. 14 1955.

Penn Libraries copy has ink institutional stamp "Allegheny U.P. Theological Seminary Library" on title page of work with which this is bound.

Penn Libraries copy with bookplate of the Library of the Allegheny Theological Seminary of the United Presbyterian Church.

Penn Libraries copy has ownership stamp from the Library of the Pittsburgh Xenia Theological Seminary as well as a discard stamp from the Pittsburgh Xenia Seminary Library on title page of work with which this is bound.

Penn Libraries copy bound with: Romanae historiae anthologia recognita et aucta. London : Printed by R.W. for Henry Cripps, ..., 1661.

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.), G977

ESTC R021769

OCLC:

8682847