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Fragments from the book: Steuco A. Augustini Steuchi Eugubini Veteris Testamenti ad ueritatem Hebraicam recognitio (1531). The author discusses the term ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) in the book of Genesis and notes that this structure serves a supporting and motor function and, when injured, causes lameness. The text in Russian is available at the following link: 1531SteucoA.
Quote p. 308
Tetigit neruum fœmoris
כַּף יְרֵבוּ id est Latitudinem coxæ asseruntqs. Hebræi
significare hoc loco latum os coxæ: ut ab Auen Esdra quoqs annotatu est : in ea
parte neruus coxæ est : at qs hoc est quòd post neruū arefactum claudicabat
Iacob. Nõ enim neruus hoc loco, membrű genitale significat: quomodo enim
claudicasset, cũ membru genitale extabefactum, non impediat incessum : sed
neruus, quo crura sustinentur, & per que motus exercetur.
Quote p. 310
Neruum qui obstupuit
חֲנַשֶׁה Qui eluxatus est,
e loco motus : idcoqs claudicabat Iacob. Emarcuisse autem non puto ueridice à
quibusda este scriptum. Hieronymus sequitur Septuaginta, qui & ipsi eodem
modo [….] hoc est, obtorpuit, & quasi inutilis este ctus est : sed Hebræi
sentiunt coxam dimotam fuisse, propter nerui eluxationem.
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Quote p. 308
Concerning the sinew of the thigh
כַּף יְרֵבוּ, that is, the width of the thigh. Jews claim that
this location denotes the wide pelvic bone, as Abraham Ezra notes: the sinew of
the thigh is located in this area. Therefore, after the sinew dried up, Jacob
began to limp. The sinew in this location does not denote the genital organ—for
if he were lame, with a damaged genital organ, he would not have experienced
any impediment to walking—but rather the sinew that supports the legs and
enables movement.
Quote p. 310
A dislocated sinew
חֲנַשֶׁה That which is
dislocated is out of place: that is why Jacob was lame. But I don't think some
actually believed that it was withered. Jerome follows the Septuagint, which
also in this regard […] that is, it became numb and, as it were, useless; but
the Jews believe that the hip was dislocated because of a dislocated sinew.
Steuco A. Augustini Steuchi Eugubini Veteris Testamenti ad ueritatem Hebraicam recognitio. Lvgdvni: apud Gryphium, 1531. books.google
The work is cited in the following publications: LCF в Библии на латинском.
Agostino Steuco (Agostinus Steuchus , Eugubinus, 1497-1548) - was an Italian humanist, Old Testament scholar, Counter Reformation polemicist. wikipedia.org
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| Portrait of Bishop Augustinus Steuchus (15th century) Author unknown, original in the Diocese of Gubbio, Ecclesiastical Region of Umbria (CC0 – Public Domain, color correction). beweb.chiesacattolica.it |
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