Mr. Whiston's Sacred history of the Old and New Testament. From the creation of the world, till the days of Constantine the Great: reduced into annals. Containing withall The Fulfilling of Scripture Prophecies all along: A Compleat Catalogue of the Eclipses of the Sun and Moon mentioned by the Antients: Bishop Lloyd's Origines of the Jewish Church, from the Exodus out of Egypt, till the Death of Moses: The Preface to his Exposition of Daniel's LXX Weeks. Both these never before published: Fragments of the Oldest Gospels: Fragments of the Acts, &c. of Peter and Paul: An Account of the oldest Copies of the New Testament, especially of Beza's inestimable Greek and Latin Copy of the Four Gospels and Acts of the Apostles, now in the Library of the University of Cambridge: From which, and from the Clermont and Alexandrian Manuscripts, Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament is now published in English. Containing also Clv Observations For correcting the modern Errors in Sacred Chronology: For discover

People / Organizations

• William Whiston (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for the author, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, M,DCC,XLV. [1745]-46.

Publication year

1745-1746

ESTC No.

T105577

Grub Street ID

158841

Description

6v.,table ; 8°.

Note

The work is divided into two parts each with continuous pagination and register: the Old Testament comprises vols. 1-4, the New Testament vols. 5, 6

The titlepage to vol. 5 reads: 'The sacred history from the beginning of the world 'till the days of Constantine; part the second. Or, the times of the New Testament. ..' and is dated 1746.