Christian David Ginsburg
Christian David Ginsburg (born December 25, 1831 in Warsaw , † March 7, 1914 in Enfield , now London ) was a Polish-British biblical scholar .
Career
Ginsburg, from Jewish parents, had become Christian in 1846 and was active in the mission to the Jews , and since 1863 has only been active in literary and academic research. In addition, Ginsburg worked as a translator from the Hebrew ( Song of Songs , 1857; Ecclesiastes , 1861) and wrote essays on the Karaites and the Essenes . He also worked on the Kabbalah , which he met with strong rejection, especially in later articles, and then made extensive Masoretic studies ( The Massoretico-Critical Text of the Hebrew Bible , 1894). B. for the Encyclopedia Britannica .
Works (selection)
- The Massorah; Compiled from Manuscripts; VOLUME I, Ginsburg, London / Vienna bei Brög, 1880. Digitized: Ginsburg, 1880: The Massorah I (a) & Ginsburg, 1880: The Massorah I (b) .
- The Massorah; Compiled from Manuscripts; VOLUME II, Ginsburg, London / Vienna beiThe Brög, 1880. Digitized: Ginsburg, 1880: The Massorah II (a) & Ginsburg, 1880: The Massorah II (b) .
- The Massorah; Compiled from Manuscripts; VOLUME III, Ginsburg, London / Vienna near Brög, 1880. Digitized: Ginsburg, 1880: The Massorah III .
- The Massorah; Translated into English; With a critical and exgetical commentary; VOLUME IV, London / Vienna near Brög, 1897–1905. Digitized: Ginsburg, 1905: The Massorah IV .
- Jacob Ben Chajim Ibn Adonijah's Introduction to the Rabbinic Bible, London, 1867. Digitized: Ginsburg, 1867: Jacob Ben Chajim Ibn Adonijah's Introduction to the Rabbinic Bible
- The Massoreth Ha-Massoreth of Elias Levita, being an exposition of the Massoretic notes on the Hebrew Bible, or the ancient critical apparatus of the Old Testament in hebrew, with an English translation, and critical and explanatory notes, London, Longmans, 1867. Digitized: Ginsburg, 1867: The Massoreth Ha-Massoreth of Elias Levita .
literature
- J. Hayes: Art. In: FG Vigoureaux u. a. (Ed.): Dictionnaire de la Bible , Suppl. Vol. 1 (1928), 448f.
- Icy Silberschlag: GINSBURG, CHRISTIAN DAVID , in: Encyclopaedia Judaica , 2. A., Bd. 7, 610f.
- Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography . Kraus Reprint, Nendeln 1979, ISBN 3-262-01204-1 (reprint of the Czernowitz edition 1925). Volume 2, p. 421
Web links
- Joseph Jacobs : GINSBURG, CHRISTIAN DAVID. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
proof
- ^ Don Karr: The Study of Christian Cabala in English . 2012, p. 59 ( digital-brilliance.com [PDF; accessed on May 20, 2012]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ginsburg, Christian David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ginsburg, Christian Dawid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish-British biblical scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1914 |
| Place of death | Enfield , now London |