Jacques Tirin - Commentariorum in Sacram Scripturam - 1656

Rare two-volume set of this vast edition of Catholic biblical exegesis intended to explain the text of Holy Scripture from the theological, patristic, and scholastic tradition of the 17th century - Jacques Tirin, Jesuit theologian, is part of the great tradition of Catholic Bible commentators who seek to reconcile the literal study of the text with its theological, moral, and spiritual interpretation - The commentary does not merely translate or paraphrase the biblical passages, but aims to illuminate their meaning by mobilizing theology, sacred history, philology, ancient geography, the customs of the biblical peoples, the writings of the Church Fathers, and the commentaries of earlier theologians - The general objective is to render the various books of the Old and New Testaments more accessible to the educated reader while affirming their doctrinal coherence within the framework of Catholic thought of the period - Jacques Tirin - Commentariorum in Sacram Scripturam - 1656 - Volume I and II - Hieronymi de la Garde & Ioan. Girin - Approximately 1023 pages. Good condition of bindings, works in their full original brown morocco, epidermisms (epidermures), usage wear, some minor defects on boards and spine, stains and restorations, corners open, heads damaged with loss, brittle hinges, speckled edges, spine with raised cords adorned with gilt fillets, titles and tomes gilt on morocco pieces, gilt fillets on the boards - Good interior condition, browning, title pages printed in red and black and adorned with a fine engraving, text in two columns, attractive marginal headings, beautiful printing, annotations on folding plates, endpapers in decent condition, rare conjunto - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days -

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