Biblical texts in Hebrew, ca. 1740s?.

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Biblical texts in Hebrew, ca. 1740s?.

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One paper sheet containing a decorative red-and-black ink Hebrew manuscript of the Exodus version of the Ten Commandments bordered within two tablets, followed by the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed. The bottom margin contains a fragment of a handwritten note: "Recd of Mr. Judah Monis."

.14 cubic feet (1 flat box)

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Harvard College (1636-1780)

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Samuel Mather (1677-1746) was a member of a prominent Connecticut family. He was born in Branford, Connecticut in 1677; his parents were the Reverend Samuel and Hannah (Treat) Mather. When Samuel was four, his family moved to Windsor, Connecticut. He attended Harvard College, receiving an A.B. in 1698 and an A.M. in 1701. He began studying medicine in 1698 and by 1702 he was admitted "to be a Practitioner of Physick and Chyrurgy." He was quickly successful, and in 1710 was appointed a surgeon to...

Monis, Judah, 1683-1764

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Monis taught Hebrew at Harvard College. From the description of A grammar of the Hebrew tongue : manuscript, [not before 1735] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612819312 Judah Monis (1683-1764), a Jewish scholar and educator, was an instructor of Hebrew at Harvard College between 1722 and 1760. Monis was born on February 4, 1683, likely in Italy or the Barbary States. He immigrated to New York City in the early 1700s, and later moved to Massachusetts. Monis converte...