Translated for the first time, with annotations and useful additions, this long under-appreciated work of S. D. Luzzatto is now available to modern scholars. A history of both Hebrew and Hebrew scholarship, it is replete with valuable information and insight.

• Contents 6
• Acknowledgements 8
• Translator’s Preface 10
• Transcription 18
• References 20
• Author’s Preface 24
• The Origins and Progression of the Grammar of the Hebrew Language 28
• History of the Hebrew Language 88
• Fundamential Laws of the Grammatical Formation of Words 116
• Appendices 140
• Biographical Appendix 200