Josef Flesch | |
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Born | Neu-Rausnitz, Moravia, Holy Roman Empire | 19 September 1781
Died | 17 December 1839 Neu-Rausnitz, Moravia, Austrian Empire | (aged 58)
Language | Hebrew |
Literary movement | Haskalah |
Josef Flesch ( Yiddish: יוסף פלעש; 19 September 1781 – 17 December 1839) was Moravian writer, translator, and merchant. He has been called the "father of the Moravian Haskalah." [1]
Josef Flesch was born in Neu-Rausnitz, Moravia, the son of local rabbi Abraham Flesch. He attended yeshiva in Prague with his father's childhood friend, Baruch Jeitteles. [2] After marrying the daughter of Salomon Berger in Leipnik in 1801 and spending three years in the house of his father-in-law, he returned to his hometown and joined his father's business. [3]
He was a frequent contributor to the Bikkure ha-Ittim, [4] and translated into Hebrew several of the writings of Philo, [5] notably Quis rerum divinarum heres sit (under the title Ha-yoresh divre Elohim, Prague, 1830) and De vita Moysis (under the title Ḥayye Moshe, Prague, 1838). [6] To the former work was added the oration which Flesch delivered at his father's funeral. His other publications include a Hebrew translation of philosopher Karl Heinrich Heydenreich, [2] and a list of Jewish scientists under the title Reshimat anshe mofet (Prague, 1838). [7] [8]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jacobs, Joseph; Kayserling, Meyer (1903). "Flesch, Joseph". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 409.
Josef Flesch | |
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Born | Neu-Rausnitz, Moravia, Holy Roman Empire | 19 September 1781
Died | 17 December 1839 Neu-Rausnitz, Moravia, Austrian Empire | (aged 58)
Language | Hebrew |
Literary movement | Haskalah |
Josef Flesch ( Yiddish: יוסף פלעש; 19 September 1781 – 17 December 1839) was Moravian writer, translator, and merchant. He has been called the "father of the Moravian Haskalah." [1]
Josef Flesch was born in Neu-Rausnitz, Moravia, the son of local rabbi Abraham Flesch. He attended yeshiva in Prague with his father's childhood friend, Baruch Jeitteles. [2] After marrying the daughter of Salomon Berger in Leipnik in 1801 and spending three years in the house of his father-in-law, he returned to his hometown and joined his father's business. [3]
He was a frequent contributor to the Bikkure ha-Ittim, [4] and translated into Hebrew several of the writings of Philo, [5] notably Quis rerum divinarum heres sit (under the title Ha-yoresh divre Elohim, Prague, 1830) and De vita Moysis (under the title Ḥayye Moshe, Prague, 1838). [6] To the former work was added the oration which Flesch delivered at his father's funeral. His other publications include a Hebrew translation of philosopher Karl Heinrich Heydenreich, [2] and a list of Jewish scientists under the title Reshimat anshe mofet (Prague, 1838). [7] [8]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jacobs, Joseph; Kayserling, Meyer (1903). "Flesch, Joseph". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 409.