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Origin of Hebraist
First recorded in 1745–55; Hebra(ize) + -ist
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The opinion of a great Hebraist as to the facts about the book of Isaiah is valuable; the opinion of anyone else is that of an amateur.
From The Age of Tennyson by Walker, Hugh
The greater part of them seems to have been written by Ulrich von Hutten, and are addressed to Ortuin Gratius, a professor of the University of Cologne, who had attacked Reuchlin, a celebrated Hebraist.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan
He was himself a disciple, and an enthusiastic admirer of Ewald, a very learned Hebraist, and an unflagging student.
From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus
As a youthful poet, I was presented by a learned Hebraist of our nation to the greatest of our Dutch contemporary poets, the celebrated Bilderdyk, who died at the age of 75 years in 1831.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
Finishing his course in 1817, he became a student at the Divinity Hall, where he gained some reputation as a Hebraist.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
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