Marcus Lehmann
Marcus Lehmann , also Markus Lehmann , Meïr Lehmann , (born December 29, 1831 in Verden ; died April 14, 1890 in Mainz ) was a German Orthodox rabbi and publicist.
Marcus Lehmann was the son of the rabbinical scholar Lemmel b. Aron Welsberg from Zeckendorf in Upper Franconia . From 1844 he attended the Domgymnasium in Verden and received Talmud lessons from his father. In 1848 he went to Halberstadt to study the Talmud with Gerson Josaphat and Esriel Hildesheimer . In autumn 1850 he returned to Verden and finished high school.
In 1851 Lehmann went to study at the University of Prague and in October 1852 at the University of Berlin . In August 1852 he received his doctorate from the University of Halle .
From 1854 until his death he was the rabbi of the orthodox "Israelite Religious Society" in Mainz in their synagogue .
Lehmann founded the magazine Der Israelit in Mainz in 1860 and published it until his death. He also wrote novels and short stories from Jewish history.
His youngest son, the writer Jon Lehmann (1865–1913), published his biography in 1910.
Fonts (selection)
- Lockii doctrina de intellectu humano, ejus principia et quae contra ea a Leibnitzio prolata sunt, exponuntur et dijudicantur. Dissertation, Halle 1854.
- Sayings of the fathers . 3 volumes. 2nd edition Kauffmann, Frankfurt 1921 ( digitized ).
literature
- Isidore Singer, Max Cohen: Lehmann, Marcus (Meyer). In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
- Jon Lehmann: Dr. Markus Lehmann (= Lehmann's Jewish People's Library 60/61). Kauffmann, Frankfurt am Main 1910.
- Franz Menges: Lehmann, Marcus (Meir). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 73 ( digitized version ).
- Kurt Asendorf: In Memoriam Marcus Lehmann 1831–1890. Publicist - historian - novelist - rabiner . Verden / Aller 1985.
- Helge-Ulrike Hyams , Klaus Klattenhoff, Klaus Ritter, Friedrich Wißmann (eds.): Jewish children's life in the mirror of Jewish children's books . Bis-Verlag, Oldenburg 1998, ISBN 3-8142-0644-4 , pp. 335f.
- Jeannette Strauss Almstad, Matthias Wolfes : Lehmann, Marcus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 20, Bautz, Nordhausen 2002, ISBN 3-88309-091-3 , Sp. 912-915.
- Lehmann, Markus, Dr. In: Michael Brocke and Julius Carlebach (editors), edited by Carsten Wilke : Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbis. Part 1: The rabbis of the emancipation period in the German, Bohemian and Greater Poland countries 1781-1871. KG Saur, Munich 2004, p. 578 ff.
- Jacob Rothschild: Lehmann, Marcus (Meir). In: Encyclopaedia Judaica . 2nd Edition. Volume 12, Detroit / New York a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865940-4 , p. 616 (English).
- Sebastian Bauer: Ludwig Philippson and Marcus Lehmann: Jewish controversies between reform and orthodoxy as identifying moments in the nineteenth century . Dissertation Munich 2016.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lehmann, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lehmann, Markus; Meir, Marcus (religious name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orthodox rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verden |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1890 |
| Place of death | Mainz |