Michael Sachs

Identifier
9933445314104146
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1908 - 31 Dec 1908
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Eschelbacher, Joseph, 1848-1916

Scope and Content

The publication is the printed version of a memorial speech by Rabbi Dr. Josef Eschelbacher on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Michael Sachs, on September 7th, 1908. The lecture reminisces on the changes in the 18th and 19th century in Jewish thought and customs, the beginnings of Haskalah and the resulting frictions in the communities. Michael Sachs was rabbi in Prague and a well-known author of religious texts. Together with with Leopold Zunz he worked on a new translation of the Bible. Poems by Ibn Gvirol, Nahum and Jehuda ha-Levi are incorporated in the lecture.

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Note(s)

  • Cover title

  • Festschrift zur Feier des hundertsten Geburtstages von Michael Sachs am 7. September 1908 überreicht vom Vorstand der Jüdischen Gemeinde zu Berlin

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People

  • Sachs, Michael, 1808-1864

Subjects

  • Jews--Biography
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