?55 Oriental Literature. [Chap. XIV. 



U'lio was the son of John Henry, and who was 

 nearly half a century engaged in promoting orien- 

 tal literature, exceeded both his fadier and uncle 

 in tliis species of erudition, and, indeed, might 

 probably witli truth be pronounced the greatest 

 orientalist that the western world ever beheld. His 

 Oriental and E.vegetical Library '■^, and his nume- 

 rous detached treatises, may be said to have form- 

 ed a new epoch in Hebrew literature in Germany, 

 Another work of great importance, which deserves 

 to be mentioned, and which certainly contributed 

 to keep alive and extend the zeal for this branch 

 of literature which had been before excited, was a 

 periodical publication entitled the Universal Li- 

 brary of Biblical Literature, printed at Leipsic, 

 from the year 1777 to 1786, in eighteen volumes. 

 This publication M'as conducted by professor Eich- 

 horn, of Jena, and is full of masterly criticism, and 

 highly valuable information for the orientalist f. 

 To these may be added the Oriental Library of 

 professor llirt ; the large and learned works of pro- 

 fessor Hezel, professor Ilasse, and professor Vater, 

 all of Germany ; and the various publications of 

 Drs. Hunt, Sharpe, Lowth, and many others, in 



* Tliis is a periodical publication, begun in 1/71, and con- 

 cluded in 1783, and consists of twenty-three volumes, beside the 

 general index. It was renewed in 1786, under the title <>f 

 jScuc OrientaUschc BibUotlick, and continued for a number of 

 years, in v.hich time there were at least eight volumes more pub* 

 lishcd. 



f In this rich treasure of oriental learning are found valuable 

 -treatises not only from the pen of the immediate conductor, but 

 also many from professor Bruns, professor Tychsen, and others, 

 -whose names are a sufficient pledge for the di^lay of great erudi- 

 tion and talents in oriental literature. 



