Akiva Frankfurt
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Akiva Frankfurt | |
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Died | 1597 Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire |
Occupation | Poet, rabbi |
Language | Hebrew |
Akiva ben Jacob Frankfurt (Hebrew: עקיבא בן יעקב מפראנקפורט; died 1597), also known as Akiva ben Jacob Günzburg (Hebrew: עקיבא בן יעקב גינצבורג), was a German poet and rabbi.
He was the son of Jacob Flesch of Prague,[1] and the son-in-law of Rabbi Simeon Günzburg of Frankfurt, with whose congregation he was associated as preacher, and by whose name he came to be known. His grandson was the scholar Abraham Flesch (c. 1560–1640).[1]
Works
- Teḥinnot be-kol yom. Basel: Elijah Loanz. 1599. Prayers and songs for the days of the week.[2]
- Zemirot ve-shirim le-shabbat. Basel. 1599. Songs for the Sabbath, some of which have been translated into Judæo-German, with notes in Hebrew.[2]
- Vikkuaḥ ha-yayin ve ha-mayim. Basel. 1599. A dispute between wine and water, in verse, with a translation in Judæo-German. Published together with the two preceding, and separately, Amsterdam, 1759.[2]
- Zemirot le-lel Shabbat. Berlin. 1713. Songs for Sabbath evening.[2]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schechter, Solomon; London, N. T. (1903). "Frankfurt, Akiba b. Jacob (known also as Guenzburg)". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 493.
- ^ a b Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred, eds. (2007). "Flesch". Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ^ a b c d Fürst, Julius (1863). Bibliotheca Judaica: Bibliographisches Handbuch der gesammten jüdischen Literatur (in German). Vol. 1. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. p. 27.
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