Nathan Porges

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nathan Porges (born December 21, 1848 in Proßnitz , Moravia , † August 27, 1924 in Würzburg ) was an Austro-German rabbi .

Nathan Porges was born as the son of Bernhard Porges and Caroline Hirsch in Proßnitz (Prostějov) in Moravia. He grew up in his hometown and attended high school in Olomouc . Porges studied in Breslau and received his doctorate from the University of Breslau in 1869 and ordained a rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau . Porges worked as a rabbi in Nakel (Nakło nad Notecią), Mannheim , Pilsen , Karlsbad and Leipzig . In Leipzig, Porges was the successor of AM Goldschmidt from 1888 to 1917 rabbi of the reform community . His successor was Felix Goldmann . In 1913 Porges was appointed professor at the University of Leipzig . Porges was president of B'nai B'rith's Leipzig Lodge and director of the Liberal Religious School.

Porges was considered an excellent expert on the Hebrew language . He published numerous articles in magazines such as the Revue des Études Juives , the monthly for the history and science of Judaism , the magazine for Hebrew Bibliography and the Centralblatt für Bibliothekswesen .

Porges is the author of several books, including a.

  • On the formation of a verbal stem in the Semitic languages , Vienna , 1875
  • Biblical studies and Babel finds , Leipzig , 1903
  • Kant and Judaism (together with Julius Guttmann ), 1908
  • Joseph Bechor Schor (together with Julius Guttmann), 1908

Porges was with Rosalie Friedmann, daughter of Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Friedmann and Auguste Kastan, married. The couple had nine children. The eldest son Joseph emigrated to Australia, where he married a non-Jewish woman, which is why Nathan Porges broke off contact with him. Four of his sons died in the First World War .

After his retirement, Nathan Porges moved to Würzburg , where he died in 1924. Nathan and Rosalie Porges are buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery on Berliner Strasse in Leipzig.

literature

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Porges, Nathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-German rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Prostějov
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1924
Place of death Wurzburg