Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbiner
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Now complete
The Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbiner covers Rabbis from central Europe and documents a many-facetted cultural profile. The articles on individual Rabbis are arranged alphabetically and contain as much information as possible on their descent, education, career as a Rabbi, family and religious position. Each entry includes a bibliography covering primary and secondary literature.
The majority of these teachers and scholars had not previously been covered by biographical research. Now, through the Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbiner, it is possible to gain a complete picture of the occupational circumstances of German-speaking Jews in modern times.
- completion of the edition, which is the first publication to give comprehensive access to the biographies and bibliographies of the Jewish Rabbinate in Central Europe between 1781 and 1945
- Part 1 with nearly 2,000 entries covers the Central European region between 1781 and 1871.
- Part 2 lists over 800 rabbis in the German "Reich" between 1871 and 1945.
- Each entry contains a bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
Author / Editor information
Michael Brocke, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
Reviews
"Nicht nur für Judaistik und Geschichte, auch für die historische Regionalforschung liegt mit diesem Werk ein originäres grundlegendes Nachschlagewerk vor, das eine wesentliche Lücke schließt."
ABDOS-Mitteilungen, München, Nr. 1-2, 2004
"This is the primary resource on the rabbinate in the bulk of central Europe and it is hard to imagine that any work will appear that will replace this handbook. It is critical for any serious study of religious movements among Jews, of the reform movement in Judaism (and orthodoxy), of the modernization of the rabbinate, and for many areas of social and cultural history. It is essential for any library that supports research and study in these areas and no doubt, additional uses will be found."
Religious Studies Review, Valparaiso, No. 4, October 2004
"Das Biographische Handbuch der Rabbiner kann ohne Einschränkung als ein unentbehrliches Handbuch zur wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung bezeichnet werden, das nicht nur entscheidend zum Verständnis für die Entwicklung der Emanzipation beiträgt, sondern geradezu dazu einlädt, sich ihren zahlreichen Protagonisten über die unterschiedlichsten Hinweise und Quellen zu nähern. [...] Mit großer Spannung wird man den zweiten Teil des Handbuches erwarten dürfen."
PaRDeS, Potsdam, Nr. 9, Dezember 2004
The Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbiner covers Rabbis from central Europe. Alphabetically arranged, the articles on individual Rabbis contain as much information as possible on their descent, education, career as a Rabbi, family and religious position as well as a bibliography.
The majority of these teachers and scholars had not previously been covered by biographical research. Now, through the Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbiner, it is possible to gain a complete picture of the occupational circumstances of German-speaking Jews in modern times.
Part 2 of the Biographical Handbook of Rabbis indexes the Rabbinate of the German Reich between 1871 and 1945 using Rabbinic Hebrew sources and material written in German and various other European languages. The articles on over 800 rabbis are arranged alphabetically and contain as complete information as possible on origins, education, career, family, religious position together with a bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
- lists over 750 rabbis from the German Reich between 1871 and 1945
- with detailed information on origins, education, career, family, religious position together with a bibliography of primary and secondary sources for each entry
