Meyer Kayserling

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Meyer Kayserling

Meyer Kayserling (also: Meir Kayserling and Moritz Kayserling as well as Moritz Meyer Kayserling ; born on June 17, 1829 in Gleidingen (today Laatzen near Hanover ); died on April 21, 1905 in Budapest ) was a German rabbi and historian who was particularly concerned with literature and History of Sephardic Jews has worked.

Life

family

Meyer Kayserling was born in Gleidingen at the time of the Kingdom of Hanover as the son of the businessman Abraham Jakob Kayserling and Ester or Emma . His brother Simon Abraham Kayserling (1834–1898) worked as a teacher at the teachers' college in Hanover .

Kayserling married Berta Phillipson, a daughter of the Magdeburg rabbi and editor of the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums , Ludwig Philippson (1811-1889).

Career

Meyer Kaiserling received his first education in the house of his aunt Seelig . He graduated from high school in Hanover and then went through his training in Halberstadt , Nikolsburg , Prague , Würzburg and Berlin , in order to devote himself to history and philosophy. Encouraged by Leopold von Ranke in his historical studies, he concentrated on the history and literature of the Iberian Peninsula, where he was also interested in the role of Jews in the discovery of America.

In 1861 he was appointed rabbi of Endingen and Lengnau by the Cantonal Government of Aargau and held the office until 1870. During his time in Switzerland he developed major activities for the emancipation of the Jews and therefore had to fend off strong attacks. In 1870 he accepted a position as a rabbi in Pest .

Works (selection)

  • Moses Mendelssohn's Philosophical and Religious Principles with regard to Lessing . 1856 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Sephardim. Romanesque poetry of the Jews in Spain . 1859 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • History of the Jews in Navarre, the Basque Countries and the Balearic Islands (History of the Jews in Spain) . 1861 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Menasse ben Israel. His life and work. At the same time a contribution to the history of the Jews in England . 1861.
  • The poet Ephraim Kuh . A contribution to the history of German literature . 1864.
  • History of the Jews in Portugal . 1867 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • The rituals of battle, or is slaughtering animal cruelty? 1867.
  • Library of Jewish pulpit speakers. A Chronological Collection of the Sermons, Biographies, and Characteristics of the Most Excellent Jewish Preachers. Along with a homiletical and literary sheet . 2 volumes. 1870–1872 ( digitized in Google book search).
  • The Jewish island and the shipwreck near Koblenz . 1871.
  • The Jewish Women in History, Literature and Art . 1879 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • The moral law of Judaism in relation to family, state and society (published anonymously). Vienna 1882.
  • Tisza-Eszlár's Blood Accusation Illuminated . Budapest 1882.
  • Usury and Judaism . 1882.
  • Moses Mendelssohn. Unprinted and unknown from and about him . Leipzig 1883 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Handbook of Israelite History from the Time of the Completion of the Bible to the Present . 6., presumably u. verb. Ed., Engel, Leipzig 1888 ( digitized version ).
  • Refranos é Proverbios de los Judios Españoles . Budapest 1889.
  • Biblioteca Española-Portugueza-Judaica. Dictionnaire Bibliographique . Strasbourg 1890.
  • Dr. WA chisel. A picture of life and time . 1891.
  • Dying days from old and new times . Prague 1891.
  • Memorial sheets. Outstanding Jewish Figures of the Nineteenth Century. In brief characteristics . 1892.
  • Christopher Columbus and the Participation of the Jews in the Spanish and Portuguese Discoveries (translated from the author's manuscript by Charles Gross) . New York 1894 ( digitized ; also translated into German and Hebrew).
  • The Jewish literature from Moses Mendelssohn to the present . Berlin 1896 ( digitized ).
  • Ludwig Philippson. A biography . 1898 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • The Jews as patriots . Berlin 1898.
  • The Jews of Toledo . Leipzig 1901 ( digitized version of the Johann Christian Senckenberg university library ).
  • Isaac Aboab III. His life and poetry (Hebrew). Berdichev 1902.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Susanne Berger flower : 5053: Kayerling, Moritz. In: Handbook of Austrian Authors of Jewish Origin, 18th to 20th Century , ed. from the Austrian National Library , Munich: KG Saur Verlag, 2002, ISBN 978-3-598-11545-5 and ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , vol. 1, p. 662; Preview over google books
  2. ↑ Carsten Schapkow : Moritz Meyer Kayserling , in ibid .: model and counterpart. Iberian Judaism in the German-Jewish culture of remembrance 1779–1939 , Cologne; Weimar; Vienna: Böhlau, 2011, ISBN 978-3-412-20766-3 and ISBN 3-412-20766-7 , pp. 351–363; Preview over google books
  3. ↑ a b c Uri Kaufmann : Meyer Kayserling. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 7, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b c Hans Lamm :  Kayserling, Meyer. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 386 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ a b Kayserling, Meyer (Moritz). In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors , Vol. 13, p. 333; Preview over google books
personal data
SURNAME Kayserling, Meyer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kayserling, Meir; Kayserling, Moritz; Kayserling, Moritz Meyer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish scholar
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Gleidingen (today Laatzen ) near Hanover
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1905
Place of death Budapest