oxlee john (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Disbound pamphlet. The author was Rector of Molesworth, Hants. The pamphlet includes some biographical information him and refers to material written in 1845. Oxlee died in 1854. The publisher published many pamphlets on deistic and freethought themes between 1862-'77.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In these three letters, John Oxlee expresses his concerns about recent apocryphal publications from the Lord Archbishop of Cashel. This thought-provoking work is sure to spark discussion among scholars and theologians alike.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

First Edition. Humbly Submitted to the Consideration of His Grace the Most Reverend the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England, and Metropolitan, on the Inexpediency and Futility of Any Attempt to Convert the Jews to the Christian Faith, in the Way and Manner Hitherto Practised, Being a General Discussion of the Whole Jewish Question. London: Hatchard and Son, [1842]. [Together with] OXLEE, John. Three More Letters Humbly Submitted to the Consideration of His Grace the Most Reverend the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England, and Metropolitan, on the culpability and unauthorised presumption of the Gentile Christian Church in requiring the Jew to forsake the Law of Moses, before he can be allowed publicly to embrace the Gospel of Christ : containing, also, metaphysical disquisitions on the Godhead, and a confutation of the diabolarchy. London: Hatchard and Son, [1845]. First edition of both titles. Two related titles in one octavo volume (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 203 x 133 mm). [1]-95, [1, blank]; [1]-145, [1, blank] pp. No copies of either title have appeared at auction in the past sixty years. Quarter modern calf over marbled boards. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Edges speckled brown. First title-page with some glue and paper residue along inner margin, not affecting text. Final leaf of first title (pg. 95, with blank verso) with two closed tears and a one-inch by half-inch hole in the text spanning seven lines. Overall a very good copy of this scarce title. "Oxlee, John (1779-1854), philologist and writer on theology.Oxlee's minute study of the Hebrew writings led him to differ on many important points both from the Jewish and Christian interpreters.In his Three Letters to the Archbishop of Canterbury (1842) and Three More Letters (1845) he stated his reasons for declining to take any part in the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, and his grounds for not believing in the personality of the devil. " (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography) Rosenbach. HBS 67198. $1,250.

First Edition. Philadelphia: Abraham Collins, [1843]. First American edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 210 x 130 mm). [2], ii, [5]-72 pp. Bound without pages 73-104 which contain the "Appendix" [pg 73-95], "Conclusion" [pg 95-96] and "Reviews" [pg 97-104] (Possibly not issued with all copies and not found in the English edition). But text of the "Letters" is complete. A scarce items being that we have found no copies of this at auction in the past 60 years and we could only locate 3 copies at libraries. Full contemporary sheep. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. A few instances of staining throughout. Small piece of lower right corner missing from title-page, not affecting text. Overall a very nice copy. "Oxlee, John (1779-1854), philologist and writer on theology.Oxlee's minute study of the Hebrew writings led him to differ on many important points both from the Jewish and Christian interpreters.In his Three Letters to the Archbishop of Canterbury (1842) and Three More Letters (1845) he stated his reasons for declining to take any part in the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, and his grounds for not believing in the personality of the devil. " (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography) Rosenbach 516. HBS 67191. $2,500.