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Origin of Hebraist
First recorded in 1745–55; Hebra(ize) + -ist
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And dear Miss Mitford too! and Mr. Raymond, a great Hebraist and the ancient author of 'A Cure for a Heartache!'
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
Luzzatto, the Hebraist of the middle of the nineteenth century, emphasized the same contrast between Hellenism and Hebraism.
From Josephus by Bentwich, Norman
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 Turnbull, A.
To the Hebraist, too, something of the same remark applies.
From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel
His treatment of the verse was certainly novel, although the exegesis might not find much favor with the critical Hebraist.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
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