An Oriental Language Explained Upon Oriental Principles

This 15-page manuscript, written circa 1830, presents an explanation of an oriental language, possibly Hebrew, using contemporary oriental linguistic principles. The manuscript includes illustrated charts and symbols, and shows evidence of a well-intentioned but perhaps not fully accurate approach to the study of Hebrew grammar. It features handwritten text in both English and Hebrew. The manuscript, discovered among the papers of Hon. John Davis (1761-1847), a prominent Boston judge and politician, is unsigned. The script is not in Davis's hand. The last page is toned from being folded and stored, suggesting that the manuscript may be incomplete. This is a fascinating manuscript likely from an early 19th-century student, possibly of Moses Stuart of Andover Theological Seminary.

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Geography

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Subjects

• Hebrew language
• Grammar
• Manuscripts, American
• Oriental languages
• Linguistics

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 14, Folder 14