Michael Guttmann

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Michael Guttmann (Mihály Guttmann), (born February 6, 1872 in Kiskunfélegyháza , Hungary ; died August 6, 1942 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian Jewish scholar and rabbi .

Guttmann did research in the fields of Halacha and Talmudic methodology and, above all from an apologetic point of view, on the relationship between Judaism and the non-Jewish environment; Historical-mathematical research was also part of his wide-ranging field of activity.

Life

Guttmann received his first instruction in the Bible and Talmud with his father Alexander († 1899), took lessons with Rabbi Moses Pollak († 1888) in Bonyhad, visited several yeshivot (most recently in Bratislava ), the University of Budapest and the Budapest Chief Rabbi Seminar since 1895 (1903 completion of the seminar and doctorate at the university).

From 1903 to 1907 he was rabbi in Csongrád (southern Hungary), 1907–1921 professor at the regional rabbinical school in Budapest, 1921–1925 co-editor of the magazine “Hazofe”, 1924–1925 he held guest lectures at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem , 1921–1938 was he rabbi and professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau . As a Jew he was expelled from the country during the Nazi era .

From 1938 to 1942 he was director of the Rabbinical Seminary in Budapest in Hungary.

Fonts (selection)

  • Maphteach hatalmud / Clavis Talmudis ("Key to the Talmud", laid out in 12 volumes, 1906 ff., Unfinished)
  • Introduction to the Halacha (I. 1909, II. 1915)
  • Abraham ben Chija, "Chibbur hamschichah wehati boreth" , Berlin 1913/1914 (translated into Catalan by I. Millas, Barcelona 1931)
  • Judaism and its environment , Berlin 1927 (comprehensive apologetic work, also unfinished)
  • Investigations into the enumeration and scope of the Mosaic Commandments , Breslau 1928
  • "Unveiled Talmud Quotes" , Berlin 1930

literature

  • Alexander Scheiber : List of Writings of Michael Guttmann (1900-1946). In: Jewish Studies in Memory of Michael Guttmann , Budapest 1946
  • Walter Tetzlaff: 2000 short biographies of important German Jews of the 20th century. Askania, Lindhorst 1982, ISBN 3-921730-10-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ René Geoffroy: Hungary as a place of refuge and place of work for German-speaking emigrants (1933–1938 / 39) . Frankfurt am Main: Lang 2001, p. 175
personal data
SURNAME Guttmann, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Talmud researcher
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiskunfélegyháza
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1942
Place of death Budapest