noun
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Origin of Hebraist
First recorded in 1745–55; Hebra(ize) + -ist
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A far greater Hebraist than Luther, who flourished about two hundred years before the great German Reformer came into note, put the same construction on that sacred affirmation.
From Notes and Queries A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc by Various
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 Hugh Walker
Luzzatto, the Hebraist of the middle of the nineteenth century, emphasized the same contrast between Hellenism and Hebraism.
From Josephus by Norman Bentwich
The Assyrian student, moreover, possesses an advantage which is not shared by the Hebraist.
From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
He was a good Greek and Latin scholar, a profound Hebraist, and, according to the measure of his day, an accomplished mathematician.
From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by A. Turnbull
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