Word: hebrews
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...department of Hebrew three courses are offered. A Beginners course under Professor L. W. Batten, of the Episcopal Divinity School of Philadelphia, a Reviewers course under Professor M. L. Kellner, of the Cambridge Episcopal School; and an advanced course Prophecy of Jeremiah, under Professor Brown, of the Newton Theological Institution...
There is a valuable collection of manuscripts in Hebrew, Arabic and Syriac, written on parchment and rolled in the characteristic way of the Hebrews. Among the manuscripts are passages from the prophets, Pentateuch, the Shofar, which is used even now in the Jewish services, and the Book of Ruth...
...Yale University Corporation has elected Prof. Edward L. Curtis of the McCormick Theological School of Chicago, professor of the Hebrew language and literature in the Divinity School, and Frank C. Porter, Ph. D., as professor of biblical theology...
Under originals come also the manuscripts, Syriac, Arabic and Hebrew. Among them is the so-called "Gezza," written in 1666, and another written in 1207 containing selections from the Gospels for church use. Of Hebrew manuscripts there is a large roll of the Prophets and one of the Book of Lamentations...
...PAUL'S SOCIETY.- Rev. Philo W. Sprague, of St. John's Church, Charlestown, will address the society on Wednesday evening, March 25, in Grays 17, at 7 o'clock. Mr. Greenough White will speak on the Persians and their influence on Hebrew thought, at 8 o'clock. All members of the University are cordially invited...