Josua Höschel Schorr
Josua Höschel Schorr or Osias H. Scorr ( Hebrew יהושע השל שור; * September 18, 1818 in Brody ; † September 2, 1895 ibid) was a Galician publicist and Jewish scholar. Schorr worked as a Talmudic and Bible critic as well as a Jewish enlightener . He published the Hebrew yearbook he-Chaluz ("Vanguard", since 1852) and made contributions to the science of Judaism . Known for his radical anti-rabbinic views, he was called "the Galician Voltaire " by Raphael Kirchheim .
literature
- E. Food Handler, JOSHUA HESCHEL SCHORR: MASKIL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN REFORMIST , Hebrew Union College Annual, Vol. 31 (1960), pp. 181-22; THE MATURE YEARS , Vol. 41, (1970), pp. 503-528.
- Nikolaus Vielmetti: Schorr Osias (Josua) Heschel. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 147.
- Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. Volume V, page 460 (1931).
- Philo-Lexikon , 3rd edition, Berlin 1936, column 662
Web links
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- Wilhelm Bacher , Max Seligsohn: SCHORR, JOSHUA HESCHEL. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
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| SURNAME | Schorr, Josua Höschel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schorr, Josua Heschel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian publicist and Jewish scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brody |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 1895 |
| Place of death | Brody |