Nahman Berlin

Naḥman ben Simḥah Berlin (Hebrew: נחמן בן שמחה ברלין מליסא; fl. late 18th–early 19th century) was a Jewish polemical writer from Lissa, Germany. His literary activity was wholly devoted to the cause of orthodoxy, opposing steadfastly and systematically all attempts at the reform of Judaism.

Bibliography

  • ʻEn Mishpat [The Critical Eye of Judgment]. Berlin. 1796. Directed against the editors of the Hebrew periodical Ha-Meassef, and especially against Aaron Wolfssohn.[1]
  • Keter Torah [The Crown of the Law]. Dyhernfurth. 1810. An introduction to the Ḥavot Da'at of Jacob ben Moses of Lissa.[1]
  • Judah. Berlin. 1818. Against the innovators.
  • Kaddur katan [The Small Globe]. Berlin. 1819. Against several works by different reform writers.[1]
  • ʻEt le-daber [Time to Speak Out] (PDF). Berlin. 1819. On the traditions of oral law, as well as on the necessity of having the prayers in Hebrew.[1]
  • Simḥah [Joy]. Berlin. 1819. A call to unity in religious affairs.[1]

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ginzberg, Louis; Beer, Moses (1902). "Berlin, Naḥman ben Simḥah". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 81.

  1. ^ a b c d e Fürst, Julius (1863). Bibliotheca Judaica: Bibliographisches Handbuch der gesammten jüdischen Literatur (in German). Vol. 1. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. pp. 110–111.
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