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Word: hebraist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kyoto, Japan's temple-filled ancient capital, he discovered the Bible in a secondhand bookshop. Kotsuji entered a Christian mission school, studied Hebrew, became a Presbyterian; he later studied philology at the University of California, earned a doctorate at Kyoto University. Acknowledged as Japan's top Hebraist. Kotsuji wrote a Hebrew grammar, tutored scholarly Prince Mikasa, youngest brother of Nippon's Emperor Hirohito...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Japanese Jew | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

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