Moses Elkan (Hebrew: משה אלחנן, romanized: Moshe Elḥanan; died January 31, 1822) was a Russian physician and Hebrew scholar.
Moses Elkan | |
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Born | Tulchin, Podolsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire | January 31, 1822
Elkan's works include a hymn in Hebrew and French addressed to Czar Alexander I (Munich, 1811).[1] He also published a manual in German on the history of the Jewish people, accompanied by a geographical sketch of Palestine, intended for use in Jewish schools. It was later translated into Russian by Z. Minor (Moscow, 1880).
Publications
edit- Hymne adressée a Sa Majesté l'Empereur Alexander I (in Hebrew and French). Munich: Jos. Sidler. 1811.[2]
- Leitfaden beim Unterricht in der Geschichte der Israeliten von den frühesten Zeiten bis auf unsere Tage (in German). Minden & Leipzig: F. Essmann. 1839.
References
editThis article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rosenthal, Herman; Seligsohn, M. (1903). "Elkan, Moses". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 140.
- ^ Zeitlin, William (1890). Bibliotheca hebraica post-Mendelssohniana (in German). Leipzig: K. F. Koehler's Antiquarium. p. 77.
- ^ Estreicher, Karol (1872). Bibliografia polska (in Polish). Vol. 1. Kraków: Uniw. Jagiellońskiego. p. 465.
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