Selecta Scriptura Loca Ethicarum Commentationum – Giovanni Paolo Oliva – 1677 | Jesuit Bible Commentary

Joannis Pauli Oliva’s In Selecta Scripturae Loca Ethicarum Commentationum Tomus Secundus In Esdram was published in Lyon by Anissonii et Joannis Posuel in 1677. Giovanni Paolo Oliva, Jesuit General from 1664 to 1681, wrote this commentary to draw moral lessons from biblical passages. This second volume addresses the Book of Ezra and Nehemiah chapters 1–2. It includes countless scriptural references including many to apocryphal books such as Judith and Tobit.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Joannis Pauli Oliva E Societate Jesu, In Selecta Scripturæ Loca Ethicarum Commentationum Tomus Secundus In Esdram
• Author(s): Giovanni Paolo Oliva
• Illustrator(s):
• Contributor(s):
• Publisher: Lugduni, Anissonii et Joannis Posuel
• Edition: 1677. First edition.
• Format: Folio, single volume
• Binding: Full vellum
• Size:  14 in x 9.5 in (35.5 cm x 24 cm)
• Collation: [2], 564, [53]
• Illustrations:
• Contents Include:
  • Commentary on Ezra 1–10
  • Commentary on Nehemiah 1–2
  • Cross-references including Old and New Testament books and Apocryphal books Judith and Tobit
• Provenance: provenance
• Reference(s): references

Condition:

Bound in full vellum, the book is tight and secure. The vellum shows staining, and some loss along the board edges is visible.

Why Collect This?

• Seventeenth-century Jesuit commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah
• Large folio format suitable for institutional or scholarly collections
• References both canonical and apocryphal texts
• Representative of Jesuit Counter-Reformation scholarship

Item Number: # 29328