Samuel Hulbert Turner (

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, 1790–1861) was an American Hebraist. He was professor of the Hebrew Language and Literature at the

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from 1830. He was tutor and mentor to Joseph Schereschewsky, later Anglican Bishop of Shanghai.Irene Eber ''The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible: S. I. J. Schereschewsky'' ... - Page 55 1999 "This was Professor Samuel Hulbert Turner, a little lame and sharp tempered, who held the chair in Biblical Learning at the seminary and was then nearing the end of his tenure. Turner believed that theological study not only required a disciplined mind but training in other branches of learning as well. Thorough acquaintance with the Scriptures was mandatory, he felt, and students should be required to read and understand texts in the original Hebrew and Greek. Turner's emphasis on intellectual preparation of seminary students accorded "

Works

* ''A Companion to the Book of Genesis'' (1846) * ''Thoughts on the Origin, Character and Interpretation of Scriptural Prophecy: In Seven Discourses'' (1856) * ''Spiritual Things Compared with Spiritual, Or, the Gospels and Acts Illustrated by the Use of Parallel References'' (1859)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Samuel Hulbert 1790 births 1861 deaths American Hebraists American biblical scholars General Theological Seminary faculty