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'''John Lightfoot''' (1602-1675) was a British scholar.
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'''John Lightfoot''' (1602-1675) was a British rabbinic scholar, churchman, one of the major contributors to the Walton Polyglot Bible and author of the first comprehensive commentary of New Testament based on Jewish, mostly halakhic, literature.
 
==Works==
 
====Books====
 
*[[Harmony of the Four Evangelists (1644-47 Lightfoot), book]]
 
*[[A Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles (1645 Lightfoot), book]]
 
*[[The Temple Service, as it Stood in the Dayes of Our Saviour (1649 Lightfoot), book]]
 
*[[The Harmony, Chronicle and Order of the New Testament (1655 Lightfoot), book]]
 
*[[Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae (1658-1674 Lightfoot), book]]


==Biography==
==Biography==
English churchman and rabbinic scholar. Vice-chancellor of Cambridge University. One of the major contributors to the Walton Polyglot Bible. Wrote first comprehensive commentary of New Testament based on Jewish, mostly halakhic, literature. 


==Works on Second Temple Judaism==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lightfoot Wikipedia.en] -- [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lightfoot Wikipedia.de] -- Wikipedia.fr -- [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lightfoot Wikipedia.it] -- [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lightfoot Wikipedia.es]
 
==References==
 
*[[William Baird]], in [[History of New Testament Research: 1. From Deism to Tübingen (1992 Baird), book]] / pp. 11-17
*[[Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters (1998 McKim), edited volume]]
 


====Books====
*''[[Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae]], 6 vols. (Cambridge 1658-1674)


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Latest revision as of 22:39, 30 April 2015

Portrait of John Lightfoot

John Lightfoot (1602-1675) was a British rabbinic scholar, churchman, one of the major contributors to the Walton Polyglot Bible and author of the first comprehensive commentary of New Testament based on Jewish, mostly halakhic, literature.

Works

Books

Biography

References

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