Alexander Harkavy Twenty Four Books Of The Holy Scriptures English Translation
Description: Great translation of the entire old Testament, based on the King James version but with important emendationsfrom this world famous scholar of Hebrew and linguist. Alexander Harkavy (Yiddish: ×Ö·×œ×›Ö¼×¡× ×“×¨ ×”×ַרק×ַווי‎‎, Russian: ÐлекÑандр Гаркави, Aleksandr Garkavi; May 5, 1863 at Nowogrudok (Yiddish: × ×ַוו×ַרעד×ָק‎‎), Minsk guberniya (governorate), Russian Empire (now Navahrudak, Hrodna Voblast, Belarus) - 1939 in New York City) He was a Russian-born American writer, lexicographer and linguist. He was educated privately, and at an early age evinced a predilection for philology. In 1879 he went to Vilna, where he worked in the printing-office of the Romm Brothers. Famous Hebrew printing house, where his talents as an expert in languages, especially Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian & English were put into good use. This set features the Hebrew opposite the English translation.Condition: Both these volumes are in excellent cond