Marcus Nathanson (; 1793 – 10 June 1868) was a

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

Jewish scholar. He devoted himself to the study of ancient Hebrew literature, publishing the following works: ''Kontres ayyelet ha-shaḥar'', critical notes on certain chapters of the

Midrash Tehillim Midrash Tehillim (Hebrew: מדרש תהלים), also known as Midrash Psalms or Midrash Shocher Tov, is an aggadic midrash to the Psalms. Midrash Tehillim can be divided into two parts: the first covering Psalms 1–118, the second covering 119� ...

(printed in ''Pirḥe tzafon'', ii. 165–180); ''Mikhtav 'al devar shemot anashim'', on Jewish proper names (''ib.'' pp. 181–186); and a study on the Karaites (in

Günzburg Günzburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Genzburg'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is a ''Große Kreisstadt'' and the capital of the Swabian Günzburg (district), district Günzburg. This district was constituted in 1972 by combining the city ...

's ''Devir'', Vilna, 1864).

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1793 births 1868 deaths Hebraists Jews from the Russian Empire People from Telšiai People from Vilna Governorate People from Vilnius {{Judaism-bio-stub