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A philosophical and critical essay on Ecclesiastes. : Wherein the author's design is stated; his doctrine vindicated; his method explained in an analytical paraphrase annexed to a new version of the text from the Hebrew; and the differences between that new translation and the received version accounted for in philological observations

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: M.DCC.LX. [1760].
Call number: 645408
Creator: Des Voeux, V (-1792)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Davar Antiquarian Books, April 2015.
Dimensions: 25 cm (4to)
Associated people: Hawkins, George, (-1780,)
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