Jacob Hamburger (November 10, 1826 – October 23, 1911) was a German

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and author.

Biography

Hamburger was born at Loslau,

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, on November 10, 1826. He received his early education in Ratibor, and then attended the yeshivot of Hotzenplotz,

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, and

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, and the

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. In 1852, he was called as rabbi to Neustadt bei Pinne, and in 1859 went to

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as "Landesrabbiner". In addition to various articles and sermons, he published "''Geist der Hagada, Sammlung Hagadischer Aussprüche aus den Talmudim und Midraschim'',"

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, 1859. This work, published by the Institut zur Förderung der Israelitischen Literatur, was intended as the first of a series, but was never continued. It may be regarded as the forerunner of the Jewish encyclopedia which he began to publish in 1862, under the title "''Realencyclopädie des Judenthums''," of which three volumes appeared. The first part contains Biblical articles, the second

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articles, and the third being supplementary. A second edition appeared in Leipzig in 1896. Hamburger died at Strelitz-Alt on October 23, 1911.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamburger, Jacob 1826 births 1911 deaths 19th-century German rabbis German male non-fiction writers German-language writers Jewish encyclopedists People from Wodzisław Śląski Silesian Jews University of Breslau alumni