Word: hebrew
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Septuagint and the first Greek version of the new Testament, is perhaps the most valuable. The "Cicero de Republica," the celebrated Palimpset discov red by Cardinal Mai, under a version of St. Augustine's "Commentary on the Psalms," is considered the oldest Latin manuscript extant. The large "Hebrew Bible," in folio, from the library of the duke of Urbino, is interesting from its historical associations, the Jews of Venice having offered for it its weight in gold...
...hour at night, and then give an account of his own private reading." This was done, "seeing the entrance of the word giveth light," and "it also giveth understanding to the simple." All undergraduates, except freshmen, were required to read in the Old Testament from the Hebrew into the Greek. This brought about a series of troubles and slight revolts which finally led to the abolishing of all translation in the chapel. The services in the chapel were marked by some curious features. After morning prayer the president was wont to admonish the students and hear from them public confession...
...other way which is almost beyond hoping for is that some graduate will leave money enough to endow a professorship of athletic studies. In my opinion such a professorship would be of more advantage to Harvard than a professorship of Hebrew or Semitic languages but I fear there is no one among the number of those graduates who wish to do something for their Alma Mater who goes with me. If the salary of such a trainer as is wanted could be raised by subscription for a couple of years, I think it very likely that the receipts from...
...until his transfer to that of German Literature in 1872. This was the most active part of his literary life, during which he wrote many books besides a number of remarkable magazine articles. The best known of his works are his "Prose Writers of Germany," his "Primaeval World of Hebrew. Tradition," and his "Reason in Religion." He has published many translations from the German, and is besides a poet of no mean order, and the author of many beautiful hymns...
...annex has at last reached an elective pamphlet. From this we learn that the academic board consists of Profs. Byerly, Child, Goodale, Goodwin, Greenough, Peirce and Smith, together with Mr. Arthur Gilman and Mrs. Agassiz. The instructors number forty-three, and offer in all sixty-nine courses, covering Hebrew, Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Philosophy, Political Economy, History, Fine Arts, Music, Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry and Natural History, with voluntary lectures on Physiology and Hygiene. The requirements for admission are substantially the same as those for admission to Harvard College, with the exception that French and German...