- Loewinger
- n. family name
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
LOEWINGER, DAVID SAMUEL — (1904– ), Hungarian biblical and talmudic scholar and bibliographer. Loewinger was born in Debrecen, Hungary. While still a student he published with D. Friedmann the Alphabet of Ben Sira (1926) from a manuscript and Darkhei ha Nikkud ve ha… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Moshe Loewinger — radical right wing rabbi (leader of Gush Emuna) … English contemporary dictionary
MANUSCRIPTS, HEBREW — MANUSCRIPTS, HEBREW, term which includes religious and secular books, as well as letters and documents written on papyrus, parchment, hides, and paper in Hebrew characters, sometimes using them for the writing of languages other than Hebrew, e.g … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BEN SIRA, ALPHABET OF — BEN SIRA, ALPHABET OF, a narrative, satirical work, written probably in the geonic period in the East. The Alphabet of Ben Sira is one of the earliest, most complicated, and most sophisticated Hebrew stories written in the Middle Ages. Four… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BOZECCO (Bozecchi), BENJAMIN BEN JUDAH — (1290–1335), Italian grammarian and biblical exegete, who lived in Rome. His name probably derived from the town Buzecchio in the district of Forli, Italy, from which his family came. In one of his poems immanuel of Rome praises him as the father … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GOLDZIHER, IGNAZ — (Isaac Judah; 1850–1921), Hungarian scholar, one of the founders of modern Islamic scholarship. Goldziher, born in Szekesfehervar (Stuhlweissenburg), studied Arabic manuscripts at Leyden and Vienna, and traveled in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
IBN GAON, SHEM TOV BEN ABRAHAM — (late 13th to 14th centuries), kabbalist and halakhist. Ibn Gaon was born in Soria, Spain, and migrated to Ereẓ Israel in 1312, producing most of his work in Safed. His principal teachers were Solomon b. abraham adret and isaac b. todros . He was … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISAAC BEN TODROS — (mid fourteenth century), known as Isaac Tauroci (ben Todros) in Latin; French physician. Isaac ben Todros practiced in Carpentras and audited the accounts of the Jewish community in 1367. He was the pupil of the astronomer, immanuel b. jacob… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LANDESRABBINERSCHULE — (Országos Rabbiképzö Intézet), Hungarian rabbinical seminary in Budapest. A Hungarian law of 1837 required rabbis to have a secondary education and to register births, marriages, and deaths in Hungarian, and in 1844 parliamentary approval was… … Encyclopedia of Judaism