Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament. Joan Comay . 2012.
WESSELY, NAPHTALI HERZ — (Hartwig; 1725–1805), Haskalah poet, linguist, and exegete. Wessely s ancestors had fled Poland during the Chmielnicki pogroms and settled in Wesel on the Rhine, from where the family took its name. Born in Hamburg, Wessely spent his childhood in … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Naphtali Hirz Wessely — Naphtali( )Herz (Hartwig) Wessely, aka Naphtali( )Hirz Wessely, also Wesel (Yiddish: נפתלי הירץ וויזעל Vezel, 1725, Hamburg February 28, 1805, Hamburg) was a 18th century German Jewish Hebraist and educationist born at Hamburg. Contents 1 … Wikipedia
Hartwig Wessely — (hebr. נפתלי הרץ וייזל auch: Naphtali Herz Weisel, Naphtalie Herz Wessely, Naphtali Hirz Wessely; * 1725 in Hamburg; † 28. Februar 1805 in Hamburg) war Kaufmann, Schriftsteller und Erziehungsreformer im Zeitalter der Aufklärung … Deutsch Wikipedia
Wessely — Wẹssely [ li], 1) Hartwig, eigentlich Naphtali Herz Wesel (Weisel), hebräischer Schriftsteller, * Hamburg 1725, ✝ ebenda 23. 3. 1805; gehörte ab 1774 in Berlin zum Kreis um den Philosophen M. Mendelssohn, an dessen Pentateuchübersetzung er… … Universal-Lexikon
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… … Universalium
BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hebräischer Dichter — Liste von hebräischsprachigen Schriftstellern, Autoren und Dichtern: A Yossi Abolafia (* 1945), israelischer Autor und Illustrator Meir ha Levi Abulafia (ca. 1165–1244), spanisch jüdischer Autor und Talmudgelehrter Dorit Abusch (* 1955),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Biurists — The Biurists were a class of Jewish Biblical exegetes, of the school of Moses Mendelssohn. The Biurists laid the foundation of a critical historical study of the Bible among the modern Jews.Most of the Biblical commentators immediately preceding… … Wikipedia
