At Harvard Judah Monis
a grammar of hebrew tongue published in 1735. (library of congress)
monis continued use handwritten grammar manual, unavailability of hebrew type printing presses required each student copy entire text hand, unpopular job took month. monis persuaded harvard import hebrew type london, , in 1735, loan harvard, bostonian jonas green published thousand copies of textbook, first hebrew textbook printed in north america. monis sold books himself out of cambridge home, , required text harvard students ensuing 25 years. american jewish historical society possesses 2 copies of printed books, 1 of handwritten copies.
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