A Hebrew primer for Arabic-speaking youth

Kestin, Abraham. Sepher Talmud Sephath Ivrith. Hebrew Grammar For Arabic-Speaking Jews.

€ 950,00

Only edition of this Hebrew primer for Arabic-speaking Jewish youth. Text in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic, with a chart at the beginning of the book which displays Arabic letters alongside their Hebrew counterparts, following the order of the Arabic alphabet. Also included are Biblical extracts with Arabic transliterations, such as the Ten Commandments (al-Wasaya al-E'ashr), as well as an alphabetical list of words and their Arabic transliteration.

The author, likely a converted Jew, was a teacher of Hebrew in the Mission School of the Church of Scotland in Alexandria; he was also a correspondent for the newspaper HaMagid.

Light wear; ownership stamp of Danel S. H. M. Fraiter.