In addition to these entire Bible translations, the translator has had access to partial versions of separate books, by Ottensosser, Heinemann, Obernik, Hochstatter, Wolfson, Lowenthal, and some anonymous writers, referred to occasionally in the notes appended to this work besides which he has had the advantage of the copious notes of Dr. Lewis Philippson, Rabbi of Magdeburg in Prussian Saxony, whose work is not yet quite completed while writing this. Solomon Herxheimer, Rabbi of Anhalt-Bernburg, whose work was completed five years ago, and of Dr. Zunz, of Berlin, whose work appeared in 1839, Dr. So much had been done by these, that the translator’s labours were rendered comparatively easy since he had before him the best results of studies of modern German Israelites, carried on for the space of eighty years, commencing with Moses Mendelssohn, Herz Wesel, or, as he was called, Hartog Wessely, and Solomon of Dubno, down to Dr. Therefore he always entertained the hope to be one day permitted to do for his fellow Hebrews who use the English as their vernacular, what had been done for the Germans by some of the most eminent minds whom the Almighty has endowed with the power of reanimating in us the almost expiring desire for critical inquiry into the sacred text. From early infancy he was made conscious how much persons differing from us in religious ideas make use of Scripture to assail Israel’s hope and faith, by what he deems, in accordance with the well-settled opinions of sound critics, both Israelites and others, a perverted and hence erroneous rendering of the words of the original Bible. IN presenting this work to the public, the translator would merely remark, that it is not a new notion by which he has seized of late years which impelled him to the task, but a desire entertained for more than a quarter of a century, since the day he quitted school in his native land to come to this country, to present to his fellow-Israelites an English version, made by one of themselves, of the Holy Word of God. Almost every kind of publication which is essential to Jewish survival was written, translated, or fostered by him.” He spent fifteen years, in the midst of many other projects, preparing his Bible translation “after the best Jewish authorities.” Bertram Korn summarized Leeser’s accomplishments for American Judaism: “Practically every form of Jewish activity which supports American Jewish life today was either established or envisaged by this one man.
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Leeser believed Jews should have their own translation of the Scriptures, free from Christian interpretation. Many Jews of that day did not read Hebrew and were reading the King James Bible. Leeser wanted to strengthen the Jewish community in its traditions so it would not be assimilated by Protestant America. Isaac Leeser (1806-1868) played a formative role in American Judaism. Schedule a visit to see student life at HBU. Learn more about HBU's academic programs.
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