Moses Moser
Moses Moser ( September 29, 1797 in Lippehne - August 15, 1838 there ) was a philanthropic banker and rabbi and confidante of Heinrich Heine since he was a student in Berlin.
Life
Moses Moser was the son of the businessman Jaeckel Moses in Lippehne. He first worked as a clerk for the Berlin banker Moses Friedlander and later became a partner of his banking house Friedlander & Co . At the same time he attended historical and philosophical lectures at the University of Berlin , among others with Franz Bopp , Friedrich August Wolf and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel . Through the university he made contact with Eduard Gans and Leopold Zunz , with whom he founded the Association for Culture and Science of the Jews in November 1819 , which published a journal for the science of Judaism . The association existed until 1824 and Heinrich Heine later referred to Moser as the "soul" of the association. Over time, the members of the association had split into supporters of assimilation through Christian baptism and members who clung to the Jewish faith. Moser stood by Judaism and remained in close contact with members of this wing such as Zunz and Immanuel Wohlwill . Also in 1820 Moser became a member of the Society of Friends and was its head from 1836 until his death. He was a leading proponent of the Haskala in Germany and died on a visit to his hometown.
Significance in literary history
From 1821 to 1830, Moses Moser was probably one of the closest friends of Heinrich Heine, who had moved to Berlin at the beginning of 1821 after his relegation from the University of Göttingen . Heine's numerous personal letters to Moser are repeatedly used to understand his person.
literature
- NN: Moses Moser in: Der Orient , Volume 4, CL Fritzsche, 1843, p. 107/108 ( digitized version ), contains the memorials of the editor of the Prussian State Newspaper and provisional head of the Society of Friends Joseph Lehmann (1801–1873) for Moser of March 3, 1839
- Moses Moser in Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums of April 23, 1839 ( digitized version ) and continued on April 25, 1839 ( digitized version )
- Heinrich Heine: Letters from Heinrich Heine to his friend Moses Moser , Wigand, Leipzig 1862 ( digitized version )
- Franz Menges: Moser, Moses. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 202 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Biography at www.epoche-napoleon.net
- Moser, Moses in the Jewish Encyclopedia
Individual evidence
- ↑ year of birth according to NDB; Different year of birth 1796
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moser, Moses |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | philanthropic banker and rabbi and confidante of Heinrich Heine since his student days in Berlin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lippehne |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 15, 1838 |
| Place of death | Lippehne |