BRA0866

Title

Subject

Description

This is the first English translation of the Hebrew Bible produced and published in the United States. The translator, Rabbi Isaac Leeser (1806–1868), was the head rabbi of the Synagogue Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, where he became America's most prolific Jewish writer. There is an inscription from Isaac Leeser to a Hebrew Sunday School.

Creator

Leeser, Isaac, tr.

Source

BRA0866. The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures, Carefully Translated According to the Massoretic Text, on the Basis of the English Version, after the Best Jewish Authorities; and Supplied with Short Explanatory Notes. Philadelphia: L. Johnson and Company, 5614 (i.e., 1854).

Relation

Scripture

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

English

Type

Religious Text

Collection

Highlights from the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection

Citation

Leeser, Isaac, tr., “BRA0866,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed December 5, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1763.