In 1880 Kohut was called to Oradea, Hungary, where he remained until 1884. While there he published (1881) "A Zsidók Története. A Biblia Befejezésétől a Jelenkorig" (introduced into many schools in Hungary as a text-book), and translated the entire Bible into Hungarian. Part of the manuscript was, however, lost, and the work never appeared in print. At Oradea he became acquainted with Kálmán Tisza, prime minister of Hungary, who, hearing him speak at a national gathering of notables, was so carried away by his eloquence that he caused him to be called to the Hungarian parliament as representative of the Jews.