Joachim Jacob Unger

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Joachim Jacob Unger , also Joachim Jakob Unger ( November 16, 1826 in Humenné - October 16, 1912 in Iglau ) was an Austrian rabbi and author.

Life

Unger studied philosophy and oriental philology at various Talmud schools and at the University of Berlin . In 1858 he was in Halle with a thesis on medieval Jewish poetry doctorate .

In 1860 he became the first rabbi of the Jewish community in Jihlava (German Iglau ), where the synagogue was inaugurated in 1863 . He worked there until his death.

Works (selection)

  • Hebrew Philology and Biblical Exegesis . In: Mannheimer Album, Vienna 1864
  • Comments on the Phoenician sacrificial tablets of Marseilles and Carthage . In: Journal of the German Oriental Society
  • The Jewish question in Prussia . In: Die Neuzeit , 1874
  • Patriotic casual speeches . Iglau 1881 (2nd edition, Prague 1899)
  • Seals . Prague 1885
  • Festival and Sabbath sermons . Prague and Wroclaw 1903

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Á. Z. Bernád:  Unger, Joachim Jacob (Jakob). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 15, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957–2013, p. 102.
personal data
SURNAME Unger, Joachim Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Unger, Joachim Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian rabbi and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Humenné
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1912
Place of death Iglau