Hille - Biblia Pentapla - 1711
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[FIRST EDITION, illustrated]
BIBLIA PENTAPLA
“Biblia Pentapla, That is: The Books of Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments, according to a fivefold German translation.”
1711, Holle
The Biblia pentapla is a monumental edition of the Bible that appeared from 1710 to 1712 at Hermann Heinrich Holle in Wandsbek and Schiffbek, and in 1711 published portions of the Old Testament among other things. It presents the books of the Old and New Testaments in five side-by-side printed columns, as a “fivefold German translation.” Included are the major translations of the great confessions—for example Luther Bible, the Catholic Mainz Bible, and the Reformed Piscator Bible—as well as other variants, including Dutch and Judeo-German traditions. The aim was a synoptic comparison of the biblical texts, making confessional boundaries visible and at the same time relativized. The publisher Johann Otto Glüsing, a theosophically influenced, church-critical theologian, remained anonymous out of consideration for ecclesiastical conflicts. In strict Lutheran Orthodoxy, the work was condemned as a dangerous assault on the existing doctrinal framework and as a “horror.” Today the Biblia pentapla is regarded as a rare testimony of early, comparative Bible hermeneutics.
In the frontispiece, the spiritual confrontation is depicted as a demonomachy, that is, a struggle between the powers of heaven and hell over the human world. In the overlapping circles, hell marks the realm of damnation, from which the devil and his demons prey on souls. Opposed to them are the angels, who, from the heavenly realm, symbolize protection, guidance, and salvation for humans. In the intersection of the circles—the earthly sphere—the influences visibly meet: angels and demons confront each other, while the devil, as a personal adversary of God, seeks the destruction of souls. Thus the frontispiece makes clear that reading the Biblia pentapla is understood as standing in the midst of the world: the reader is at the focus of the demonomachy and is invited to consciously take the side of heaven.
21.5 x 18.5 cm. Well-preserved parchment binding of the period. Solid block. Interior well preserved. 1650 pages."
[FIRST EDITION, illustrated]
BIBLIA PENTAPLA
“Biblia Pentapla, That is: The Books of Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments, according to a fivefold German translation.”
1711, Holle
The Biblia pentapla is a monumental edition of the Bible that appeared from 1710 to 1712 at Hermann Heinrich Holle in Wandsbek and Schiffbek, and in 1711 published portions of the Old Testament among other things. It presents the books of the Old and New Testaments in five side-by-side printed columns, as a “fivefold German translation.” Included are the major translations of the great confessions—for example Luther Bible, the Catholic Mainz Bible, and the Reformed Piscator Bible—as well as other variants, including Dutch and Judeo-German traditions. The aim was a synoptic comparison of the biblical texts, making confessional boundaries visible and at the same time relativized. The publisher Johann Otto Glüsing, a theosophically influenced, church-critical theologian, remained anonymous out of consideration for ecclesiastical conflicts. In strict Lutheran Orthodoxy, the work was condemned as a dangerous assault on the existing doctrinal framework and as a “horror.” Today the Biblia pentapla is regarded as a rare testimony of early, comparative Bible hermeneutics.
In the frontispiece, the spiritual confrontation is depicted as a demonomachy, that is, a struggle between the powers of heaven and hell over the human world. In the overlapping circles, hell marks the realm of damnation, from which the devil and his demons prey on souls. Opposed to them are the angels, who, from the heavenly realm, symbolize protection, guidance, and salvation for humans. In the intersection of the circles—the earthly sphere—the influences visibly meet: angels and demons confront each other, while the devil, as a personal adversary of God, seeks the destruction of souls. Thus the frontispiece makes clear that reading the Biblia pentapla is understood as standing in the midst of the world: the reader is at the focus of the demonomachy and is invited to consciously take the side of heaven.
21.5 x 18.5 cm. Well-preserved parchment binding of the period. Solid block. Interior well preserved. 1650 pages."
Details
Number of books
1
Book title
Hille - Biblia Pentapla
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1711
Height
21.5 cm
Width
18.5 cm
Language
German
Publisher
Holle
Binding/ Material
Vellum
Number of pages
1650
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