Alexander Marx

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Alexander Marx (born January 29, 1878 in Elberfeld (now part of Wuppertal ), † December 1953 in New York City ) was an American historian, Judaist, bibliographer and librarian.

His parents were the merchant and banker George Marx and the poet Gertrud, b. Simon (1851-1916). His brother Moses became a publisher and printer in Berlin and his sister married Samuel Agnon .

From 1886 to 1895 he attended the Kneiphöfische Stadtgymnasium in Königsberg. He studied at the rabbinical seminary in Berlin with Jakob Barth , Abraham Berliner and David Hoffmann , obtained his PhD in 1901 and continued his education with Moritz Steinschneider . In 1905 he married Hannah, the daughter of Rector David Hoffmann.

In 1903 he was appointed by Solomon Schechter to the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City as a librarian and teacher of history. He expanded the book inventory from 5000 to 155,000 books.

He was friends with Aron Freimann .

Publications

  • Seder 'Olam (Cap. 1–10): edited, translated and explained from manuscripts and printed works ; Albertus University Konigsberg i. Pr., 1903
  • Some notes on the use of hebrew type in non-hebrew books, 1475-1520 ; 1924
  • with Max Leopold Margolis : A History of the Jewish people ; 1927
  • Tractate abodah zarah of the Babylonian Talmud ; 1957
  • Studies in Jewish history and booklore ; 1944, 1969
  • Essays in Jewish biography ; 1948
  • Bibliographical studies and notes on rare books and manuscripts in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ; 1977

literature

  • Saul Lieberman, Louis Finkelstein (eds.): Alexander Marx jubelee volume: On the occasion of his seventieth birthday , ( Sēfer haj-jōbēl li-kebōd Alexander Marx le-millēt lō šibʿim šānā ); 1950
  • Franz Menges:  Marx, Alexander. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 323 ( digitized version ).
  • Esriel Hildesheimer, Mordechai Eliav: Das Berliner Rabbinerseminar 1873–1938 , Berlin 2008, ISBN 9783938485460 , pp. 187–188

supporting documents

  1. ^ Gertrud Simon Marx: Jüdische Gedichte ; Jewish publishing house, 1919 http://storage.lib.uchicago.edu/pres/2005/pres2005-548.pdf http://storage.lib.uchicago.edu/pres/2005/pres2005-667.pdf
  2. ^ Rachel Heuberger: Aron Freimann and the science of Judaism ; P. 117
  3. ^ Hans Morgenstern: Jüdisches biographisches Lexikon ; P. 552
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personal data
SURNAME Marx, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian, Judaist, bibliographer, and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH December 1953
Place of death New York City