Samuel Krauss

Samuel Krauss (born February 18, 1866 in Ukk , Austrian Empire ; died June 4, 1948 in Cambridge , England ) was a Jewish scholar whose main focus was Talmudic lexicography, realities, archeology and cultural history.

Life

Krauss received his doctorate from the University of Giessen in 1893. Krauss married Irene Tedesco in 1895 and they had four children, including the psychiatrist Stephen Krauss and their daughter Steffie Lerch .

From 1894 Krauss was Professor of Hebrew at the Jewish Teachers' College in Budapest . From 1906 to 1938 he taught as a lecturer in Jewish history at the Israelite Theological Institute in Vienna . His most important work is the three-volume "Talmudic Archeology" (1910/1911/1912), which appeared within the outline of the overall science of Judaism and is still considered a standard work today. It is a cultural history of Judaism in the post-biblical centuries ("Talmudic Period"). Volume I describes the private sphere of life (apartment and household appliances, clothing, jewelry, firing, food, health rules and others). In Volume II, Krauss describes agriculture, family life, trade, transport and trade. The third volume is about conviviality, entertainment, writing and books, and school.

Krauss received the Greek Order of the Phoenix in 1929 for his Byzantine research. During the November pogroms , the school was set on fire and Krauss' valuable collection of writings was destroyed. He fled to England.

Works (selection)

Greek and Latin loanwords in Talmud, Midrash and Targum , 2 vols., 1898/1899
Life of Jesus according to Jewish sources , 1902
Antoninus and Rabbi , Vienna 1910
Talmudic archeology . Three volumes, 1910/1911/1912
The Vienna Geserah from 1421. Vienna 1920.
Synagogue Antiquities , 1922
History of the Jewish Doctors , 1930

literature

Krauss, Samuel. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 14: Kest – Kulk. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-22694-2 , pp. 350-358.
Franz Menges : Krauss, Samuel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 718 ( digitized version ).
Eli Strauss: Bibliography of the writings of Prof. Dr. Samuel Krauss'. 1887-1937. Published by the Festival Committee to celebrate his seventieth birthday. Festival Committee, Vienna 1937 (56 pages).
Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 . Volume 2.1. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 659
Krauss, Samuel. In: Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century . Volume 2: J-R. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 744.

Web links

Samuel Krauss - Portrait of Franz Lerch in the art collection of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York

Individual evidence

↑ Krauss, Stephan. In: Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century. Volume 2: J-R. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 744. Also BHE.

personal data
SURNAME	Krauss, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian Jewish scholar
DATE OF BIRTH	February 18, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ukk , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH	June 4, 1948
Place of death	Cambridge

[1] Krauss, Stephan. In: Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century. Volume 2: J-R. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 744. Also BHE.