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Samuel Bäck (born January 2, 1841 in Galgóc / Freistadtl; today: Hlohovec , then Hungary , now Slovakia ; † May 29, 1899 in Prague ) was a Hebrew scholar.

Life

He had been a rabbi in Prague since 1872 .

Works (selection)

  • Machsum l'fi hanaar (pamphlet against Hillel Lichtenstein's Naar ibri ), Pressburg 1864
  • Meïl katan (Hebrew elegies on the death of his mother), Breslau 1866
  • Josef Albos Significance in the History of the Philosophy of Religion , Breslau 1869
  • Memorial speeches , Breslau 1872
  • The Synhedrion under Napoleon I , Prague 1879
  • To the parishes and their rabbis , Prague 1883
  • Zeror hachajim (“ Speeches in memory of the eminent men of Israel”), Prague 1888
  • Elischa b. Abuja-Acher , illustrated by the source , Frankfurt am Main 1891
  • Rabbi Meir ben Baruch from Rothenburg , Part I., Frankfurt am Main 1895
personal data
SURNAME Bäck, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Rabbi and Hebrew Scholar
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Galgóc, Hungary , today Hlohovec , Slovakia
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1899
Place of death Prague