SIMON, Richard A Critical History of the Text of the New Testament; wherein is firmly Establish'd the Truth of those Acts on which the Foundation of Christian Religion is laid. London: printed for R. Taylor. 1689.

SIMON, Richard A Critical History of the Text of the New Testament; wherein is firmly Establish'd the Truth of those Acts on which the Foundation of Christian Religion is laid. London: printed for R. Taylor. 1689.

Quarto: two parts in one volume: [vi], 168; [ii]186, [8] pp., without title-page to first part; some light damp staining, mainly to preliminary leaves of first part, and browning. Contemporary calf, worn on spine and covers detached. First edition in English.

Wing 3798.
Richard Simon (1638-1712) was a French oratorian and biblical scholar. His 'Histoire critique du texte du Nouveau Testament', consisting of thirty-three chapters, in which he discusses the origin and character of the various books, with a consideration of the objections brought against them by the Jews and others, the quotations from the Old Testament in the New, the inspiration of the New Testament (with a refutation of the opinions of Spinoza), the Greek dialect in which they are written (against C. Salmasius), the Greek manuscripts known at the time, especially Codex D (Cantabrigiensis), etc.