Moses Philippson

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Moses Philippson (born May 9, 1775 in Sandersleben , † April 20, 1814 in Dessau ) was a Jewish writer, teacher, translator and publisher. With his Bible translations, commentaries and writings, he made a significant contribution to spreading the written German language among the Jews and promoting connections with German culture.

Life

youth

Moses Philippson came from a Jewish family from Krakow with many well-known scholars, rabbis, educators, journalists, doctors, bankers and scientists. The family can be traced back to Rabbi Joshua Hoeschel ben Joseph (approx. 1578–1648) into the 16th century . The father, Philipp Moses (or Phoebus ben Moses Arnswald) had come to Sandersleben as a traveling scholar from Arnswalde , married the shoemaker's daughter Rebecca Loeb and settled down as a small trader and peddler. The marriage had six children. Moses, the eldest, attended the Yeshiva (Talmud College) in Halberstadt when he was twelve and then studied the Talmud in Braunschweig and Frankfurt (Oder) .

Teacher, writer and editor

From 1799 Philippson taught at the Jewish Franzschule in Dessau, where independent work and thinking were encouraged in the spirit of the Enlightenment. In addition, he began his writing activity and founded a printing company for Hebrew books. He printed translations of the Bible in German using Hebrew letters. His best-known work was the reading book “Child friend and teacher.” It appeared in two parts, 1808 and 1811.

Late years

Moses Philippson died of typhus on April 20, 1814 in Dessau before he was able to finish his German-Hebrew lexicon. His grave in the Israelite cemetery can no longer be found today.

Of his five children it became known:

Works

  • 1804 J. Eiche: “Proverbs of Solomon and stories from the Talmud and Midrash.” Translator.
  • 1804 “Twelve Little Prophets.” Translator, commentator and editor.
  • 1808/1811 “Child friend and teacher. A textbook and reader for the youth of the Jewish nation and for every lover of the Hebrew language. ”2 parts.
  • “The new collector.” Magazine. As editor.

literature

  • Phöbus Philippson: "Biographical Sketches", Leipzig 1864. As a reprint of the Moses Mendelssohn Society. Bernd G. Ulbrich (Ed.), Dessau 2007
  • Astrid Mehmel: "Philippson, Gelehrtenfamilie." In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB), vol. 20, p 395ff, Berlin 2001.
  • Meyer Kayserling: “Ludwig Philippson. A biography. ”Leipzig 1898.
  • Johanna Philippson : "The Philippsons, a German-Jewish Family 1775-1933." In: Year Book VII of the Leo Baeck Institute, London 1961.
  • Ludwig Philippson Family Collection, 1810–1989. Center for Jewish History.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogy of the Jewish Community of Eisleben ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / data.synagoge-eisleben.de
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Astrid Mehmel:  Philippson, scholar family. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , pp. 395-397 ( digitized version ).
  3. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica
  4. ↑ Phöbus Philippson: "Biographical Sketches", Leipzig 1864. As a reprint of the Moses Mendelssohn Society. Bernd G. Ulbrich (ed.), Dessau 2007.
  5. ^ Jewish gravestones in Anhalt
personal data
SURNAME Philippson, Moses
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Philippson, Moses ben Uri; Phoebus, Moses ben Uri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, teacher, translator and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandersleben
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1814
Place of death Dessau