Benj Kennicott
Published: 2015-08-05
Total Pages: 212
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Excerpt from The Ten Annual Accounts of the Collation of Hebrew Mss of the Old Testament: Begun in 1760, and Compleated in 1769 The collation of the Hebrew MSS of the old testament being now finished, I think it my duty to express myself most truly thankful - first, to divine providence; for that share of health, which I have enjoyed (tho' of late frequently interrupted) in perhaps too close an attention, during ten years, to a work of such peculiar labour and fatigue - and secondly, to all those illustrious and learned persons; who, with a public spirit which has no parallel in the support of any literary undertaking, and with a piety which exceeds all praise, have thus liberally supported a work, not expedient only, but necessary, for the honour of revelation. As I entered upon this important work, resolved to prosecute it with all the expedition, and all the care, in my power, the proper advances made in it, from year to year, gave me sincere pleasure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.