Simon Bondi | |
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Born | 1774 |
Died | 20 December 1816 Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation | (aged 41–42)
Literary movement | Haskalah [1] |
Simon Bondi ( Yiddish: שמעון באנדי, romanized: Shimʻon Bondi; 1774 – 20 December 1816) [2] was a German maskil and lexicographer of the Talmud.
He wrote, together with his brother Mordecai (Marcus) , the Or Ester ('Light of Esther'), a Hebrew dictionary of the Latin words occurring in the Talmud, targumim and midrashim (Dessau, 1812). They also wrote a similar work on the Greek words, which was never printed. [3] The periodical Jedidja (i. 117–125) contains a biographical obituary of Simon by his brother Mordecai. [4]
Bondi was related to the author Bernhard Beer and the court factor and banker Simon Isaac Bondi. [5] [6] His sister Sophie married into the Warburg family of Hamburg. [6]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain: Ginzberg, Louis; Berlin, Israel (1902).
"Bondi, Simon". In
Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.).
The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 304.
Simon Bondi | |
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Born | 1774 |
Died | 20 December 1816 Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation | (aged 41–42)
Literary movement | Haskalah [1] |
Simon Bondi ( Yiddish: שמעון באנדי, romanized: Shimʻon Bondi; 1774 – 20 December 1816) [2] was a German maskil and lexicographer of the Talmud.
He wrote, together with his brother Mordecai (Marcus) , the Or Ester ('Light of Esther'), a Hebrew dictionary of the Latin words occurring in the Talmud, targumim and midrashim (Dessau, 1812). They also wrote a similar work on the Greek words, which was never printed. [3] The periodical Jedidja (i. 117–125) contains a biographical obituary of Simon by his brother Mordecai. [4]
Bondi was related to the author Bernhard Beer and the court factor and banker Simon Isaac Bondi. [5] [6] His sister Sophie married into the Warburg family of Hamburg. [6]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain: Ginzberg, Louis; Berlin, Israel (1902).
"Bondi, Simon". In
Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.).
The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 304.