1629 – Talmud Commentaries, Johannes Coccejus | First Edition, Sanhedrin & Maccoth

Duo Tituli Thalmudici, Sanhedrin et Maccoth by Johannes Coccejus is a 1629 treatise written as a commentary on two rabbinic texts – Sanhedrin and Maccoth, paired with original Hebrew and Greek excerpts. Coccejus translated segments of the Talmud and included insights from traditional commentators. This work is particularly notable, not only to Hebraists and Christian scholars, but to those taken by Isaac Newton scholarship – this book was known to be referenced directly by Newton (Goldish).

Notably, this example was owned by the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Duo Tituli Thalmudici, Sanhedrin et Maccoth: Quorum Ille Agit de Synedriis, Judiciis, Suppliciis Capitalibus Ebraeorum
• Author(s): Johannes Coccejus
• Publisher: Amsterodami, Apud Ioannem Ianssonium bibliopolam, typis Frederici Heynsii typogr. in Acad. Franekeranâ
• Edition: First Edition, 1629
• Binding: Full vellum
• Format: (12mo), single volume
• Size:  7.5 in x 6 in (19 cm x 15.5 cm)
• Collation: [32], 436, [4] pp
• Contents Include:
  • Sanhedrin and Maccoth in Latin translation
  • Hebrew and Greek passages from the Talmud and Gemara
  • Cross-references to rabbinic commentators
• Provenance: cover bookplate – London Society, promoting Christianity Amongst Jews
• Reference(s): Goldish, Matt. Judaism in the Theology of Sir Isaac Newton, p. 32

Condition:

Very Good. Full vellum binding remains secure with solid hinges. Covers show age toning and small marks. Pages bear scattered notes and light staining in preliminaries and margins. Text block is complete and intact.

Why Collect This?

• Early Latin, Greek, and Hebrew rendering of Jewish legal texts
• Tied to Isaac Newton’s known research library

Item Number: #29798