
The Invention of the Modern Dictionary
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Webster's 18 28 Dictionary
In 18 28, a facsimile edition is still printed. My understanding is that it sells somewhere between ten and 20 thousand copies a year. We have let the copyright lapse, unfortunately, and it is sold by religious groups who use it primarily for home schooling. It's certainly not based on recent biblical scholarnona so also, webster was a scholar of the bible, not principally rit ritin sort of anse ay way. And he was exposed only to nineteenth century biblical scholarship,. So it's a complicated and interesting question.
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