Item #23018 ALEXANDER THE CORRECTOR .The Tormented Genius Who Unwrote The Bible. Julia KEAY.

ALEXANDER THE CORRECTOR .The Tormented Genius Who Unwrote The Bible.

Harper Collins ,London, 2004. First Edition, 8vo pp.xviii+ 269 illustrated ,index.Very Good Hardcover in Very Good dust jacket. Item #23018

ISBN 000713195 X Alexander Cruden is remembered for his mighty work Cruden's Concordance to the Bible. His book was a monumental achievement at 2.5 million words,it is 4 times the length of the Bible itself and in nearly three hundred years has not been superseded. Born in Aberdeen in 1699 as a young man Cruden was cast into an asylum for reasons that at the time were considered too shocking to reveal.In 1737 weeks after completing his Concordance he was back in a private asylum.....he was not mad and his personal life is fascinating.

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