Salomon Buber

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Salomon Buber, 1897

Salomon Buber (also: Salomo Buber ; born February 2, 1827 in Lemberg , Austrian Empire ; died December 28, 1906 in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary ) was a Jewish scholar of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the first academic editor and critical editor of various midrashim and an active member of the Galician Haskala . Salomon Buber was Martin Buber's grandfather .

Life

Solomon Buber was a grain trader, a member of the board of directors of various credit institutions and banks (in recognition of his services in this regard, he received the title of Chamber of Commerce Council , then Imperial Councilor ), large landowner and owner of phosphate mines. He was also a leading figure in the administration of the Jewish community as well as many Jewish and non-Jewish, above all charitable organizations in Lviv, but also national associations.

His scientific interest in the field of Jewish history and literature had already awakened in his early youth - under the influence of reading Krochmal , Rapoport , and especially Zunzen - and his declared goal was, in the pursuit of which he spared no expense or effort it is to make a maximum number of only handwritten collections of Haggadic compilations and midrashim accessible to the public. He had the manuscripts and rare editions copied or edited and provided them with introductions and comments, which in this way received source material for the future and, on the other hand, made literary and intellectual history accessible.

The knowledge he gained in this way, which met with broad approval among Jewish scholars, he published in various journals ( Jeschurun , Haschachar , Hameliz , Hamaggid, etc.) as well as in commemorative publications and other collective works.

Expenses (selection)

Appearance or date of origin known
  • Pesiqta de Raw Kahana , Elck 1868
  • Midrash Lekach tob (Pesikta sutarta), an Agadic commentary on the first and second books of Moses by R. Tobia ben Elieser , Wilna 1884
  • Midrash Tanchuma , 2 vols., Vilna 1885
  • Liqqutim mi-Midrash Elle ha-Debarim Zutta , Vienna 1885
  • Collection of Agadic Commentaries on the Book of Esther , Wilna 1886
  • Text output Samuel b. R. Nissim Masnut Ma'ajan Gannim… al Sefer Ijob, Berlin 1889
  • Midrash Tehillim [Midrash Psalms], Wilna 1891 (translation: A. Wünsche, Midrash Tehillim , Trier 1892)
  • Midrash Mishle (= midrash on the proverbs, largely more commentary than midrash), Wilna 1893
  • Critical edition of the Midrash Samuel, annotated and introduced, Krakow 1893
  • Midrash Aggada , Vienna 1894
  • Midrash sutta to the five megillot , Berlin 1894
  • Ansche schem. Biographies and grave inscriptions of the rabbis of Lemberg from 1500–1890 , Cracow 1895
  • Aggadate ester. Agadian Treatises on the Book of Esther , Krakow 1897
  • Kirja Nissgawa. Biographies of the rabbis of Zolkiev. In: Ha'eschkol 1898 ff.
  • Midrash Echa Rabbati. Collection of Agadic interpretations of the Lamentations (Lamentations of Rabba) , Vilna 1899
  • Jalkut Machiri ... to the 150 Pss , Berdyczew 1899
  • Sechel Tob . Commentary on the first and second book of Moses written by Rabbi Menachem ben Salomo… , Berlin 1900–1902
  • Aggadat Bereschit , Cracow 1903
  • Jeruschalaim ha-benuja , Jerusalem 1906 (collection of quotes by medieval authors, which are very problematic in literary history, from parts that no longer exist today - Qodaschim and Toharot - of the Pal. Talmud )
Works without year or not determined
  • Rashi - Siddur (Ed.)
  • Sefer haora (ed.)
  • Zedekia harofe, Schibbole haleket (ed.)

Literature / sources

personal data
SURNAME Buber, Solomon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish scholar
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Lviv
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1906
Place of death Lviv