Richard Gottheil

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Richard James Horatio Gottheil (born October 13, 1862 in Manchester , † May 22, 1936 in New York ) was an American Semitist and professor of rabbinic literature .

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When he was eleven years old, his father, Rabbi Gustav Gottheil , got a job as assistant rabbi at the largest reform temple in New York (Temple Emanu-El), so the family moved to the USA. Gottheil completed his studies in both the USA and Europe. In 1886 he was awarded a PhD from the University of Leipzig on the basis of a philological edition study ( Mâr Eliâ of Ṣóbhâ: A treatise on Syriac grammar ). phil. PhD. In the same year Columbia University in New York appointed him professor of rabbinic literature. As a postcard from 1887 in the collection of the Museum Neustrelitz (Kulturquartier Mecklenburg-Strelitz) proves, it stood a. a. in contact with Jacob Hamburger , state rabbi of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , based in (Old) Strelitz. From 1896 he was director of the Oriental Department of the New York Public Library .

Gottheil was one of the first American Zionists . In 1898 he was elected the first president of the Federation of American Zionists. He was a reform rabbi and a member of the Action Committee of the World Zionist Organization .

A close friendship developed between Gottheil and Theodor Herzl .

Works

  • Mâr Eliâ of Ṣóbhâ: A treatise on Syriac grammar. Edited and translated by Richard JH Gottheil, Leipzig: Drugulin, Oriental-Printer, 1886 (dissertation); Book edition: Berlin / London / New York 1887.
  • A selection from the Syriac Julian romance. Ed. with a complete glossary in English and German by Richard JH Gottheil, Leiden: Brill, 1906 (Semitic study series; 7) [Reprint: Leiden: Brill, 1969].
  • Zionism , Philadelphia: The Jewish Publ. Society of America, 1914.
  • Palestine , New York: Carnegie Endowment for Internat. Peace, 1919.
  • Fragments from the Cairo Genizah in the Freer Collection , New York [u. a.]: Macmillan, 1927.

Editorships

  • Columbia University Oriental Series
  • Semitic Study Series
  • Richard Gottheil was also editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia

Web links

  • Digital copies of works by Gottheil (Judaica UB Frankfurt)
personal data
SURNAME Gottheil, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gottheil, Richard James Horatio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rabbi and Zionist
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1936
Place of death new York