XXVIII.
Philip Ferdinandus
The Jew referred to was Philip Ferdinandus (1555?–1598), a native of Poland. He was converted to Roman Catholicism, but afterwards became a Protestant. He taught Hebrew at Oxford, and subsequently at Cambridge (D.N.B.).
His only publication is entitled:—
Hæc sunt verba Dei, etc. |
Praecepta In Monte Sinai | data Iudæis sunt 613, quorum 365 negativa, & 248 af-|firmativa, collecta per Pharisæum Magistrum Abraha-|mum filium Kattani, & impressa in Bibliis Bomber-|giensibus, anno à mundo creato 5288 Vene-|tiis, ab Authore VOX DEI appellata: |
translata in linguam Latinam per Phi-|lippum Ferdinandum Polonum. |
His accesserunt nonnulla quæ sequens pa-|gina indicabit. |
Lex Dei integra est, Psal. 19. |