Isaac de Lapeyrère’s Commentary on the Pentateuch (1671)

This article demonstrates that Isaac de Lapeyrère wrote the translation of the Pentateuch (1671) conventionally attributed to De Marolles. The commentary attached to the translation is a deliberate attempt to subvert censorship of the pre-Adamite theory by disseminating it in a vernacular yet authorised bible. The comparative material adduced in the commentary upon the laws and rites found in Exodus and Leviticus is contextualised in the developing appreciation of comparatism and of its subsequent controversial uses.