The first volume contains all the prefaces of previous editions, providing valuable background information on the texts themselves and the life of John Lightfoot. It also includes an index of places, subjects, and Talmudic and Greek works covered in all thirteen volumes. The editor also provides Lightfoot’s tract entitled “Battle with a Wasp’s Nest,” a discussion on communion of the saints.
John Lightfoot (1602–1675) was born in England, the son of a clergyman. Lightfoot was a brilliant academic, educated at Cambridge. He followed in his father’s footsteps as a minister. Lightfoot also was a prolific writer, known for his work on the date of Creation.