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Bibliotheca Sacra · Part IV

Article XX. Protestant and Jewish Commentators.

Sixtinus Amama, Simeon de Muis, Paulus Fagius, John le Coq. The latter of these made Observations on the six last chapters of Deuteronomy, at Franekar, 1650, in 4to. and analytical Notes, from the first to the twenty-ninth chapter, printed with those put out by him upon Numbers. The fifteen Disputations of Wolfang Frantz upon this Book, supply the place of a good Comment, says F. le Long; at Wittemberg, 1608, in 4to.

Isaac Abarbanel, or Rabanel, of whom we have already said something, made a Comment, which was printed in 1551, in fol. We shall add in this Place, that he was one of the most learned Rabbins: He generally explains the literal Sense of Scripture, and, notwithstanding, treats the Christians very ill.

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