LUTHER, MARTIN.
Der CX Psalm Dixit Dominus, gepredigt und ausgelegt.
Wittemberg, Nickel Schirlentz, 1539.
4to. In a later paper binding. Blank white paper label pasted on to spine. Woodcut title-page depicting Herod's guest with Salome and the decapitated John the Baptist. Woodcut-initials in text. Two stamps to verso of title-page. Small paper mark pasted on to lower outer margin on title-page. Title-page with light soiling and last 30 ff. with dampstain to upper and lower outer corner. 120 ff. + 1 blank (H4) (Complete).
Exceedingly rare second printing of Luther’s exegetical commentary on the 110th psalm (The first being from 1537). This psalm is a cornerstone in Christian theology, as it is cited as proof of the plurality of the Godhead and Jesus' supremacy as king, priest, and Messiah. For this reason, Psalm 110 is "the most frequently quoted or referenced psalm in the New Testament".[3] Classical Jewish sources, in contrast, state that the subject of the psalm is either Abraham, David, or the Jewish Messiah. The printer Schirlentz had previously had printers license revoked because he had published the epigrams of Lemnius. Luther wanted to help Schirlentz and asked the elector personally for permission to print his psalm. Benzing 3322
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DKK 18.000,00