See also Gurock, Jeffrey S. (2009). "Orthodox Judaism in the United States". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 26, 2019. Rabbi Isaac Leeser, the most important Orthodox spokesperson of the pre-Civil War period
Leeser's translation began with the Torah in 1845, and was completed in 1853. The Jewish School and Family Bible, an Anglo-Jewish translation by A. Benisch, was partially simultaneous with that of Leeser but generally followed his progress: Its first volume (Torah) was published in 1851, and the final volume (Hagiographa) in 1861. Full scans of all the original printings of both translations can be found here.
