J See also:

• J ERNESTI
• ERNESTI, JOHANN AUGUST (1707-1781)
• ERNESTI, JOHANN CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB (1756–1802)

ERNESTI  . C . and by example, philologists greater than themselves, and of having kindled the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm for See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient learning . It is chiefly in See also:

• HERMENEUTICS (Gr. Epµ-qvevrtKri, sc. 7E)(141, Lat. ars hermeneutica, from Epianvevety, to interpret, from Hermes, the messenger of the gods)

hermeneutics that See also:

• ERNESTI, J
• ERNESTI, JOHANN AUGUST (1707-1781)
• ERNESTI, JOHANN CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB (1756–1802)

Ernesti has any claim to See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence as a theologian . But here his merits are distinguished, and, at the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period when his Institutio Interpretis N . T. was published (1761), almost See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to himself . In it we find the principles of a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation, formed without the assistance of any particular See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, but consisting of observations and rules which, though already enunciated, and applied in the See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism of the profane writers, had never rigorously been employed in biblical exegesis . He was, in fact, the founder of the grammatico-See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical school . He admits in the sacred writings as in the See also:

• CLASSICS

classics only one acceptation, and that the grammatical, convertible into and the same with the logical and historical . Consequently he censures the See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of those who in the See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration of the Scriptures refer everything to the See also:

• ILLUMINATION

illumination of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Spirit, as well as that of others who, disregarding all knowledge of the See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, would explain words by things . The " See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy of faith," as a See also:

• RULE

rule of interpretation, he greatly limits, and teaches that it can never afford of itself the explanation.of words, but only determine the choice among their possible meanings . At the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he seems unconscious of any inconsistency between the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of the See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible as usually received and his principles of hermeneutics .

Among his See also:

• WORKS

works the more important are:—I . In classical literature: Initia doctrinae Solidioris (1736), many subsequent See also:

• EDITIONS

editions; Initia rhetorica (1730); editions, mostly annotated, of See also:

• XENOPHON

Xenophon's Memorabilia (1737), See also:

• CICERO

Cicero (1737–1739), Suetonius (1748), See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus (1752), the Clouds of See also:

• ARISTOPHANES
• ARISTOPHANES (c. 448–385 B.e.1)

Aristophanes (1754), See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer (1759-1764), See also:

• CALLIMACHUS

Callimachus (1761), See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius (1764), as well as of the Quaestura of Corradus, the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEXICON

lexicon of Hedericus, and the Bibliotheca See also:

• LATINA, VIA

Latina of See also:

• FABRICIUS, GAIUS LUSCINUS (i.e. " the one-eyed ")
• FABRICIUS, GEORG (1516-1571)
• FABRICIUS, HIERONYMUS
• FABRICIUS, JOHANN ALBERT (1668-1736)
• FABRICIUS, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (1745-18o8)

Fabricius (unfinished) ; Archaeologia litteraria (1768), new and improved edition by See also:

• MARTINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1706–1784)
• MARTINI, SIMONE (1283-1344)

Martini (1790) ; Horatius Tursellinus De particulis (1769) . II . In sacred literature: Antimuratorius sive confutatio disputationis Muratorianae de See also:

• REBUS (Lat. rebus, " by things ")

rebus liturgicis (1755—1758); Neue theologische Bibliothek, vols. i. to x . (1760–176; Institutio interpretis Nov . Test . (3rd ed., 1775) ; Neueste theologische Bibliothek, vols. i. to x . (1771–1775) . Besides these, he published more than a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred smaller works, many of which have been collected in the three following publications: Opuscula oratoria (1762, 2nd ed., 1767); Opuscula philologica et critica (1764, 2nd ed., 1776); Opuscula theologica (1773) . See See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie; J . E . See also:

• SANDYS, FREDERICK (1832-1904)
• SANDYS, GEORGE (1578-1644)
• SANDYS, SIR EDWIN (1561-1629)

Sandys, Hist. of Class .

Schol. iii . (1908) .