Wilson, James P. An Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of the Hebrew Language Without the Points. Selected Translations of the Pentateuch, Psalms, Prophets and Job; plus a Hebrew Grammar.

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Wilson, James P. An Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of the Hebrew Language Without the Points. Selected Translations of the Pentateuch, Psalms, Prophets and Job; plus a Hebrew Grammar.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> pp. 275, (1). Foxed and stained, leaves loose. Contemporary calf, boards detached, worn. 8vo. Goldman, 175.

Philadelphia: Fry and Kammerer 1812

Est: $400 - $600

The first work in Hebrew to appear in Philadelphia. The first Hebrew text with translation of selected passages of the Bible (other than psalms) published in America. See Wolf and Whiteman, The History of the Jews of Philadelphia (1957) p. 308.