Hall was an eminent authority on Oriental inscriptions. Following the scanty clues given by
George Smith and
Samuel Birch, and working on the data furnished by the di Cesnola collection, he succeeded about 1874 in deciphering an entire Cypriote inscription, and in establishing the Hellenic character of the dialect and the syllabic nature of the script.[1]
Selected works
Article on Cypriote
epigraphy in Scribner's Magazine 20 (June 1880): 205–211
"Cypriote Inscriptions of the Di Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City." Journal of the American Oriental Society 10 (1875): 201–18
with
Frank Stockton Dobbins and
Samuel Wells Williams, False Gods: Or, the Idol Worship of the World. A Complete History of Idolatrous Worship Throughout the World, Ancient and Modern. Describing the Strange Beliefs, Practices, Superstitions, Temples, Idols, Shrines, Sacrifices, Domestic Peculiarities, Etc., Etc., Connected Therewith. Philadelphia, 1881
American Greek Testaments: A Critical Bibliography of the Greek New Testament as Published in America. Philadelphia, 1883
with Frank Stockton Dobbins and Samuel Wells Williams. Error’s Chains: How Forged and Broke. A Complete, Graphic, and Comparative History of the Many Strange Beliefs, Superstitious Practices, Domestic Peculiarities, Sacred Writings, Systems of Philosophy, Legends and Traditions, Customs and Habits of Mankind Throughout the World, Ancient and Modern. New York, 1883
Williams Manuscript: The Syrian Antilegomena Epistles. Baltimore, 1886. (
Facsimile)
with Frank Stockton Dobbins and Samuel Wells Williams. Gods and Devils of Mankind. Philadelphia, 1897