Letter signed : Lambeth, to an unidentified lord, 1760 Feb. 13.

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Letter signed : Lambeth, to an unidentified lord, 1760 Feb. 13.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270635110

Asking him to consider trying to obtain the patronage of Oxford University for the work of Benjamin Kennicott who is collating all the manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible.

1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Secker, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1693-1768.

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Thane-Paston Collection, f. 119. From the description of Letter signed : Lambeth, to an unidentified lord, 1760 Feb. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270635110 ...

Kennicott, Benjamin, 1718-1783

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Benjamin Kennicott (1718-83) was a Hebraist. He was educated and worked most of his life in Oxford. He was the first to systematically examine and produce a collation of the Hebrew manuscripts of the Old Testament. His chief work was Vetus Testamentum hebraicum cum variis lectionibus, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1776-80). See the Dictionary of National Biography for details. From the guide to the Hebrew Biblical manuscripts of Benjamin Kennicott, 1222-15th century, (University of Oxford, Depart...