Likewise modern scholarship has translated Matthew back to Hebrew and discovered puns there which disappear in Greek (I'm no Hebraist, so don't ask me).
And Gill was probably the greatest Hebraist of the 18th century (before the rise of ‘higher criticism’) and staunchly defended biblical inerrancy, and only very rarely pointed out textual problems.
Definition of Hebraist in US English:
Hebraist
nounˈhibreɪɪstˈhēbrāist
1A scholar of the Hebrew language.
希伯来语学者
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Likewise modern scholarship has translated Matthew back to Hebrew and discovered puns there which disappear in Greek (I'm no Hebraist, so don't ask me).
And Gill was probably the greatest Hebraist of the 18th century (before the rise of ‘higher criticism’) and staunchly defended biblical inerrancy, and only very rarely pointed out textual problems.
1.1A student or adherent of the Jewish religion, culture, or character.
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We also have, in the middle ages, the phenomenon of ‘Christian Hebraists.’
He was a professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, he had a German Ph.D., he was a committed Zionist and Hebraist, and he was ritually observant.
He gained a reputation as a literary critic, historian, and ardent Hebraist.
Thirdly, as a function of this intimacy, the Hebraist, unlike the Hellenist, may occasionally even challenge God.