Meir Wiener (historian)
Meir Wiener (also: Meir ben David Hakohen Wiener as well as Winer , Viener and numerous name variants; born June 3, 1819 in Glogau ; died March 31, 1880 in Hanover ) was a German religion teacher , historian and publicist as well as researcher for Jewish history and literature and Senior teacher at the Jewish religious school in Hanover.
Life
Meir Wiener was born in Glochau in 1819 as the son of David Wiener, a businessman from a Jewish family. After graduating from school he attended the University of Halle-Wittenberg , where in 1847 he wrote a dissertation on the language of the Mishnah with the title Dr. phil. completed.
After a short period of employment as a teacher in Strelitz, Wiener worked from 1849 in the royal seat of the Kingdom of Hanover as a teacher at the religious school of the Hanoverian Jewish community , a task that he pursued until the founding of the German Empire in 1872. During this period, Wiener also taught at the Hanover educational institution for Jewish teachers.
Meir Wiener wrote several important scientific works, including the dictionary on the Pentateuch, first published in 1850, as well as the historical works Schewet Jehuda (1855) and Emek ha-Baka (1858), which he translated and commented on . His writings also include two chronicles on the persecution of the Jews in the Middle Ages and their expulsion from Spain. In addition to Wiener's writings on the Regesta on the history of the Jews in Germany from 1862, he also published numerous articles.
Meir Wiener's grave can be found in the Jewish cemetery at An der Strangriede .
Fonts (selection)
- Dictionary for the Pentateuch. As an aid to understanding the text and the grammatical forms of the Holy Scriptures in school and private lessons , Book 1, Hanover: Helwing'sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1850; Digitized version of the Bavarian State Library
- Yôsēf, hak-KoheÌn, Meir Winer: Emek habacha (= Library of Jewish Chronicles and Travel Works , Vol. 1), (= Writings , published by the Institute for the Promotion of Israelite Literature, Vol. 3.1857 / 58, Leipzig: Leiner, 1858
- Šoršē hat-Tōrā (= dictionary for the Pentateuch. As an aid for understanding the text and grammatical forms of the holy scriptures in school and private lessons / edited by Dr. M. Wiener, senior teacher at the religious school of the Israeli community in Hanover ), 2nd improved and increased edition, Hanover: Helwing, 1867
- The book Schevet Jehuda / by Solomon Aben Verga. Translated from Hebrew into German, provided with a preface, notes and register and enriched with additions by M. Wiener (= Sefer Sheveṭ Yehudah <dt.> ספר שבט יהודה ) (= Liber Schevet Jehuda ), Hanover: Rümpler, 1856
- M. Wiener (arrangement): Regesta on the history of the Jews in Germany during the Middle Ages , Hanover: Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1862:
- Vol. 1: Among the Roman kings and emperors ; Digitized
- Vol. 2: In Baiern , Hanover: Hahn, 1862
- Vol. 3: Under the rule of the House of Habsburg
- The Jews under the Brunswick dukes Julius and Heinrich Julius, depicted according to historical sources , special print from the journal of the Historical Association for Lower Saxony , born in 1861, Hanover: Hofbuchdruckerei Gebr. Jänecke, 1862; Digitized version of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
- Meir ben David ha-Kohen Wiener: History of the Jews in the royal seat of Hanover, preferably during the 16th century. Based on mostly not yet published documents .... In: Monthly for the history and science of Judaism , Issue 8, Berlin: Jüdischer Kulturbund in Deutschland, Publishing Department (1861), pp. 281–296; as a PDF document or digitized version on the website of the Frankfurt University Library
- Liepmann Cohen and his sons, Chamber Agents in Hanover. In: Monthly for the History and Science of Judaism , Issue 5, Berlin: Jüdischer Kulturbund in Deutschland, Publishing Department, 1864, pp. 161–184; as a PDF document or for online research
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Sēfär Šēbäṭ Jehūdā / Šelōmō Ben-Wīrgā. M. Wiener , reprint of the Hanover 1855/56 edition, Hanover: Heinz Lafaire, 1924
- Vol. 1: Fasciculus I. textum hebraicum continens , Hanover:
- Vol. 2: Fasciculus II. Interpretationem germanicam continens
- Mivḥar haš-širā hā-ʿivrît. le-miy-Yom ḥǎtôm kĕtāvê haq-GELOT Yisrael mē-'al AdMat Sefarad bi-SNAT 5252 /'ārûk u-mĕtuqqān'al-Yede Hayyim Brodi BE-hišttatĕfût Meir Winer (= anthology of Hebrew poetry ), Mahǎdûrā me uṣṣeret mĕtûqqenet û -mĕvōʾeret ʿal-yĕdê AM Haberman, Yĕrûšālāyim: Mas, 1946
literature
- Isidore Singer : The Jewish encyclopedia . A descriptive record of the history, religion, literature, and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day (in English), Vol. 12, p. 516
- Salomon Wininger (Ed.): Great Jewish National Biography . A reference work for the Jewish people and their friends ; Vol. 6, print: Orient, Cernauti, strada Schiller 5, p. 279
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Compare the information in the catalog of the German National Library
- ↑ a b o.V. : Wiener, Meir in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entries required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek [undated], last accessed on February 2, 2018
- ↑ a b c d Peter Schulze : Wiener, Meir. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 388.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiener, Meir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiener, Meir ben David Hakohen (full name); Winer, Meir; Viener, Meir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German religion teacher, historian and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glogau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1880 |
| Place of death | Hanover |