Word: hebrews
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...series of six lectures to be given during the current year. Professor Israel Friedlander, of the New York Theological Seminary, will deliver the first three lectures this half-year. Professor Friedlander has taken degrees at Berlin and Strassburg and has taught at several theological schools. His books on Hebrew and oriental literature are authoritative and he is also well known as a contributor to American and foreign reviews and magazines. The subject of his first lecture on November 18, will be "The National Element in Judaism." The two other lectures given by him will be on "The Religious Element...
...Israel Abrahams of Cambridge University, England, lectured on "The Present Day Value of the Study of Rabbinic Literature" in Sever 11 yesterday afternoon. Apart from all commercial advantages to men intending to enter the diplomatic service in the Orient, the study of Hebrew literature is becoming an important branch of learning, because it is essential to a proper understanding of the Bible. It aids the Jewish scholar of the Old Testament to see the Hebrew institutions in the light of their underlying and spiritual significance, rather than as mere law; and it helps the Christian scholar to reconcile the discrepancies...
...principle churches with their representations are as follows: Coll. Grad. Schs. Total Episcopalian, 403 59 462 Unitarian, 207 29 236 Congregationalist, 197 42 239 Catholic, 192 17 209 Hebrew, 135 11 146 Meth. Epic., 81 17 98 Baptist, 63 17 80 Presbyterian, 57 11 68 Methodist, 39 15 54 Universalist, 21 8 29 Lutheran, 13 4 17 Christian Science...
This year some fifty men from the University will be Instructors in evening courses, teaching the following subjects: English for foreigners, Reading and Spelling, Grammar and Composition, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Mechanical and Architectural Drawing, Physics and Electricity, Chemistry, Public Speaking and Debating, Commercial Courses, Civil Service. Latin, Hebrew, Modern Languages, and English Literature...
...London in 1884. He belongs to the radical wing of the Jewish Church and was ordained rabbi in 1885. Since coming to this country in 1889, he has held pastorates in Sacramento, Cal., in Philadelphia, Pa., and since 1901 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Besides being a trustee of the Hebrew Union College, in Cincinnati, O., he is a member of the Tuberculosis League and a member of a number of peace societies. He has published several volumes of sermons, as well as other books on religious subjects...