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Hanover in 1597. But the number of his letters published is greatly
exceeded by those still in manuscript.
In 1577 he published Lex Dei, moralis, ceremonialis, et politica, ex libris
Mosis excerpta, et in certas classes distributa. This is simply the legal
portions of the Pentateuch classified, without note or comment, apparently
under the theory that the Mosaic law is still binding.
In 1581 Beza, in connection with Daneau and Salnar, issued the Harmonia
Confessionum Fidei, designed to promote Christian union among the
evangelical churches. f1315
Mention has already been made of Beza as a poet His Poëmata, Paris,
1548, commonly called Juvenilia, consists of epigrams, epitaphs, elegies,
and bucolics. They are classical in expression, and erotic in sentiment,
though not so vicious as such a libeller as Bolsec would have us believe.
His Abraham’s Sacrifice, already alluded to, was written in French
(Geneva, 1550), and translated into Italian (Florence, 1572), English
(London, 1577), and Latin (Geneva, 1597). It was republished along with
the Poëmata, Geneva, 1597. Of much more importance is his translation of
the Psalms, completing that begun by Clément Marot. It was undertaken at
Calvin’s request, and published in sections, and finished at Geneva in 1560.