An Essay upon two Arabick Manuscripts of the Bodlejan Library, And that Ancient Book, call'd, the Doctrine of the Apostles, Which is said to be extant in them; Wherein Mr. Whiston's Mistakes about both are plainly prov'd By John Ernest Grabe […]
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Full title: An Essay upon two Arabick Manuscripts of the Bodlejan Library, And that Ancient Book, call'd, the Doctrine of the Apostles, Which is said to be extant in them; Wherein Mr. Whiston's Mistakes about both are plainly prov'd By John Ernest Grabe, D. D. The Second Edition.
8vo. f. [1] (blank) pp. [8], x, 78. Signatures: A⁴, a⁴, B-L⁴. Press figures in gatherings A, C-E, and I-L. Perhaps printed by William Bowyer. In modern marbled boards. Manuscript bibliographical note on first blank. Manuscript notes on p. 78 upper margin: “CT”, “I:7a.” In English, with some Arabic.
This work is part of a 1711-1712 dispute William Whiston (1667-1752) had with his fellow theologian Johann Ernest Grabe (1666-1711) (see Bib# 4102654-4102657/Fr# 86-89 in this collection) about the ‘Clementina’, or forgeries of near-eastern travels, and ‘Apostolic Constitutions’, attributed to Clemens Romanus, or pseudo-Clemens (Pope Clement I), which survive in his largely apocryphal Opera (1562, see Bib# 4102652/Fr# 84) and De constitutionibus apostolicis (first complete Latin edition, 1563 (Bib# 4102653/Fr# 85).
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