HaOtzar. Otzar Leshon HaMikra VeHamishna. [Complete 4 volume set]

Fuen (Funn Fuenn), Shmuel Yoseph; Shaul Pinchas Rabinowitch

Published by Achiasaf, Warsaw, Poland, 1921

About this Item

In Hebrew, Russian, German. 1829 pages. 25 x 18 x 9 cm. On fragile woodpulp paper. Last three leaves damaged, covers and some signatures are detached 584, 526, 552, 597+122 pages. Ink rubber stamp impression of former owner Szolim [=Shalom] C. Dolowitcz. Rajgrod [a Polish village which in 2004 had a population of 1680 inhabitant]. Zieml Lomzyhnskioj [Probably a street name]. Ha-Ozar is a Hebrew and Chaldaic dictionary giving Russian and German (in Hebrew letters) equivalents for the words of the Bible,Mishnah, and Midrashim, vol. i. (from alef to vav), Warsaw, 1884 to the letter Zayin was completed in his lifetime. The rest by Shaul Pinchas Rabinowitch. Samuel Joseph Fuenn (September 1819 - January 11, 1891) was a Russian scholar born in Vilnius, Vilna Governorate. He received the usual Talmudic education, and also acquired an extensive general knowledge of the profane sciences. In 1848 the government appointed him professor of Hebrew and Jewish history in the newly founded rabbinical school of Vilnius. Fuenn filled this position with great distinction till 1856, when he resigned. The government then appointed him superintendent of the Jewish public schools in the district of Vilnius, in which he introduced instruction in the secular sciences and modern languages. Fuenn also took an active part in the administration of the city and in its charitable institutions, and was for many years an alderman. In acknowledgment of his services the government awarded him two medals. Fuenn was a prolific writer, devoting his activity mainly to the fields of history and literature. Seller Inventory # 007873

Bibliographic Details

Title: HaOtzar. Otzar Leshon HaMikra VeHamishna. [...

Publisher: Achiasaf, Warsaw, Poland

Publication Date: 1921

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Acceptable

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket