The sacred classics defended and illustrated
Subtitle: 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 vindicat 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 writings 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
By: By A. Blackwall, M. A.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 12241.
Publisher: Printed by J. Bettenham, for C. Rivington, and W. Cantrell bookseller in Derby
Published: 1725
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Introductions; Bible. -- N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible as literature
Other titles: Essay humbly offer'd towards proving the purity, propriety, and true eloquence of the writers of the New Testament
Notes: Indexes: [16] p. at end.

Decorative initials, head- and tailpieces.

Each part with special title page.

"... he completed the second and last volume of this work a few weeks before his death in 1730, and it was published under the same title in 1731." - Dictionary of national biography.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 12241)

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