Abraham Dob Son of Life

Abraham Dob Lebensohn (also: Abraham Dow Lebensohn or Abraham Bär Lebensohn , called Mikalischker or Michaliszki after the place of his apprenticeship years , hence his short name ADaM or simply Adam , pseudonym Adam hakohen ; * 1794 in Wilna ; † November 19, 1878 ibid) was a Hebrew poet and grammarian and champion of the Lithuanian Haskala .

Life

He married at the age of thirteen and soon afterwards began to work as a businessman, while every free minute he occupied himself with Hebrew poetry (including Luzzatto and Wessely , whose style influenced him significantly). He later gave up commercial activity and became a poorly paid Melammed (teacher) for many years, until he finally became a lecturer in Hebrew, Aramaic and homiletics at the newly founded Rabbinical School in Vilnius, where he spent the rest of his life.

His son Micha Josef Lebensohn ( called Michal , 1828–1852), who died very young of tuberculosis , was also a Hebrew poet whose poetry surpasses that of his father.

Works (selection)

• Shire sefat kodesch. 3 volumes, Leipzig 1842, Wilna 1856, Wilna 1869
• Biurim chadashim. ( Torat ha-adam ), Wilna 1858 (Explanations on the Bible)
• Mikra'e kodesch. (Bible with commentary and German translation, together with Jehuda Behak and I. Benjakob ), 17 volumes, Wilna 1848–1853
• Emet we'emuna. Wilna 1867 (allegorical drama)

Literature (selection)

• Josef Lin: LIVING SON, Abraham Bear. In: Jewish Lexicon . Vol. III, Berlin 1927, Col. 1000-1001.
• Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. Vol. IV, Druckerei Orient, Czernowitz 1930, pp. 1–2.
• Günter Stemberger : History of Jewish Literature. Munich 1977.