Semuel Abas

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Semuel Abas (* after 1634 probably in Hamburg ; † November 23, 1691 there ) was a German rabbi , teacher and translator .

Life

Abas was probably born in Hamburg; the name of the Portuguese family, who were resident and well-known in Glückstadt and Amsterdam in addition to Hamburg , was originally "Diaz Jorge". Emperor Matthias ennobled several family members on March 16, 1614.

Abas probably studied in Amsterdam and returned to the Hanseatic city in 1660 . Here he was elected several times to high offices in the local Jewish community . In 1661 he became treasurer of the community, in 1668 head of the Talmud Torah and a year later a member of the board of directors. In 1666 he was commissioned by the Hamburg congregation to visit Constantinople with Haham Mose Israel to pay homage to the self-proclaimed Messiah Shabbtai Zvi . However, both of them did not take the trip for unknown reasons.

Abas was considered to be very educated and had an important library , which was visited by numerous Christian theologians , including the Swedish theologian Johan Palmroot . The “Catalogus Variorum atque Insignium in quavis Facultate & Lingua, Librorum”, published by Daniel van den Dalen in Amsterdam after his death in 1693 , comprises 1,136 documents in Hebrew, Latin, Dutch, Spanish, French, Portuguese and German. Accordingly, the library focused on secular literature and books dealing with medical topics. The only known copy of the Dutch bookseller's catalog that has survived is now kept in the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel .

In addition to his work as a teacher and rabbi, Abas translated several works, including the anti-Christian text "Keset Ieonatan" by Jonathan Guer alias Jan Richen from Dutch into Portuguese in 1665 and a translation of the book called "Hobat Alebabot" (Duties of the Heart) published in 1670 from Bachja ibn Pakuda into Portuguese. The translation, recognized by Amsterdam and Hamburg rabbis, was created by Abas in order to “consolidate piety among the Portuguese Jews”.

In 1682, Semuel Abas bought a residential building on Dreckwall (today Alter Wall ). The graves of Abas and his wife Sara can be found in the Jewish cemetery in Altona .

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  1. ↑ Guer was a Dutch convert from Hoorn
personal data
SURNAME Abas, Semuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rabbi, teacher and translator
DATE OF BIRTH after 1634
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1691
Place of death Hamburg