Mendel Bresslau | |
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Born | 1760 |
Died | 1829 (aged 68–69) |
Language | Hebrew |
Literary movement | Haskalah |
Mendel ben Ḥayyim Judah Bresslau ( Yiddish: מענדל בן חיים יהודה ברעסלוי; 1760–1829) [1] was a Silesian Hebraist, writer, and bookseller.
Along with fellow Maskil Isaac Abraham Euchel, he founded language in Königsberg the Me'assefim society for the promotion of the Hebrew. [2] [3] He published numerous articles in the organization's periodical, Ha-Me'assef ('The Collector'). [4]
Among other works, Bresslau was the author of an allegorical ethical dialogue, Yaldut u-baḥarut ('Childhood and Youth'; Berlin, 1786). [5] He also wrote Gelilot Eretz Israel, a geography of the Land of Israel with two maps (Breslau, 1819), [6] and Reshit ha-keriah (Breslau, 1834), a Hebrew reader and grammar with the phonetic method. [7]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Deutsch, Gotthard; Mannheimer, S. (1902).
"Bresslau, Mendel ben Ḥayyim Judah (also Bresslauer or Breslauer)". In
Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.).
The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 373.
Mendel Bresslau | |
---|---|
Born | 1760 |
Died | 1829 (aged 68–69) |
Language | Hebrew |
Literary movement | Haskalah |
Mendel ben Ḥayyim Judah Bresslau ( Yiddish: מענדל בן חיים יהודה ברעסלוי; 1760–1829) [1] was a Silesian Hebraist, writer, and bookseller.
Along with fellow Maskil Isaac Abraham Euchel, he founded language in Königsberg the Me'assefim society for the promotion of the Hebrew. [2] [3] He published numerous articles in the organization's periodical, Ha-Me'assef ('The Collector'). [4]
Among other works, Bresslau was the author of an allegorical ethical dialogue, Yaldut u-baḥarut ('Childhood and Youth'; Berlin, 1786). [5] He also wrote Gelilot Eretz Israel, a geography of the Land of Israel with two maps (Breslau, 1819), [6] and Reshit ha-keriah (Breslau, 1834), a Hebrew reader and grammar with the phonetic method. [7]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Deutsch, Gotthard; Mannheimer, S. (1902).
"Bresslau, Mendel ben Ḥayyim Judah (also Bresslauer or Breslauer)". In
Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.).
The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 373.