Author: HOFFMANN, Gottfried.
Title: Außerlesene Kern-Sprüche Heiliger Schrifft, durch kurtze Fragen deutlich erkläret und nützlich angewendet, nebst einer ausführlichen Einleitung zum Bibel-Lesen ...Leipzig, Friedrich Lankisch, 1705. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, title-page printed in red and black, a folding letterpress table and occasional lines in Greek and Hebrew type. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine.
Description: [34], 704 pp.Rare first and only edition of a theological work by the German Protestant pedagogue and composer Gottfried Hoffmann (1658-1712). The work was intended for young people, teaching them how to read and understand the Bible. It opens with a dedication to Lady Catharina Magdalena of Büntherin and a preface. The main text is divided into two parts. The first is an introduction to reading the Bible: how to read, understand, interpret, live by and act on the Bible. The second contains forty Biblical "Kern-Sprüche", the most important Biblical passages, each followed by an explanation and application of the text and a relevant prayer. With a faint library stamp on the title-page. Some spots and some dog-eared leaves. Binding slightly stained, foot of spine slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition.l Hein, Gottfried Hoffmann als Pädagog, p. 94; VD18 11520353; WorldCat (4 copies); for the author see: Wels, Gottfried Hoffmann (1658-1712), (2012).

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