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AVENARIUS, JOHANNES Sefer HaShorashim - Liber Radicum Seu, Lexicon Hebraicum, in Quo Omnium Vocabulorum Biblicorum. On title, Psalm 25:21 in Hebrew and vignette of anointment of David by Samuel. Similar scene occupies full length of final page. Opposite p.1 lengthy scholarly note in English. ff. (16), 860, (1). Ex-library, minor repairs and staining. Modern boards. Thick folio. Adams, A-2306. Wittemberg: Johann Craton 1589 “Book of Roots,” a Hebrew-Latin dictionary and concordance of the Bible. The author, Lutheran Hebraist Johann Habermann (Latin, Avenarius) (1516-90), was Professor of Theology in Wittemberg. “Book of Roots,” a Hebrew-Latin dictionary and concordance of the Bible. The author, Lutheran Hebraist Johann Habermann (Latin, Avenarius) (1516-90), was Professor of Theology in Wittemberg.