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by Anthony Blackwall

Sacred Classics Defended and Illustrated
Title page from Sacred Classics Defended and Illustrated, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.
Author	Anthony Blackwall
Editor	{{{editor}}}
Translator	{{{trans}}}
Published	London: Printed for C. Rivington
Date	1737
Edition	First
Language	English
Volumes	{{{set}}} volume set
Pages	xii, 361
Desc.	Duodecimo (18 cm.)
Location	Shelf B-1
	[[Shelf {{{shelf2}}}]]

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Frontispiece, volume one.

The Author's own description proves incredibly accurate in this case. He writes that this work is "An essay humbly offered towards proving the purity, propriety, and true eloquence of the writers of the New Testament : in two parts : in the first of which those divine writers are vindicated against the charge of barbarous language, false Greek, and solecisms : in the second is shewn, that all the excellencies of style, and sublime beauties of language and genuine eloquence do abound in the sacred writers of the New Testament, with an account of their style and character, and a representation of their superiority, in several instances, to the best classics of Greece and Rome"

This linguistic defense of the poetry of the New Testament is incredibly interesting theologically as it represents the works of the new testament as written shaped and manipulated by authors rather than being true representations of the word of God himself. ^[2]

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Wythe's copy of volume two owned by the Library of Congress.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in contemporary full panelled calf. Spine features raised bands, blind compartments, gilt volume numbers and gilt-lettered red morocco labels. Includes the bookplate of Arthur Robinson on each front pastedown.

Images of the library's copy of this book are available on Flickr. View the record for this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

Inscription on front free endpaper, volume one.

See also

• Jefferson Inventory
• Wythe's Library

References

1. ↑ John Westby-Gibson, rev. by S. J. Skedd, "Blackwall, Anthony (bap. 1672, d. 1730)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed March 2, 2022.
2. ↑ The sacred classics defended and illustrated, or, An essay humbly offer'd towards proving the purity, propriety, and true eloquence of the writers of the New Testament : in two parts : in the first of which those divine writers are vindicated against the charge of barbarous language, false Greek, and solecisms : in the second is shewn, that all the excellencies of style, and sublime beauties of language and genuine eloquence do abound in the sacred writers of the New Testament, with an account of their style and character, and a representation of their superiority, in several instances, to the best classics of Greece and Rome : to which are subjoin'd proper indexes : Blackwall, Anthony, 1674-1730 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive (Internet Archive)[1]