Levinsohn's great apologetic work _Zerubbabel_, which appeared several years after his death, was equally dedicated to the defence of the Talmud.

It has, moreover, considerable scientific merit, being one of the first research works in the domain of talmudic theology.

A number of other publications by Levinsohn deal with Hebrew philology and lexicography.

All these efforts support Levinsohn's claim to the title of Founder of a modern Jewish Science in Russia, though his scholarly achievements cannot be classed with those of his German and Galician fellow-writers, such as Rapoport, Zunz, Jost and Geiger.
[Footnote 1: "Old Paths," with reference to Jer.6.

16.] Levinsohn stood entirely aloof from the propaganda of bureaucratic enlightenment which was carried on by Lilienthal in the name of Uvarov.
The Volhynian hermit was completely overshadowed by the energetic young German.