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Revision as of 00:11, 2 September 2005 by RustySpear (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Samuel Judah Lob Rapoport ( 1790-1867), Jewish scholar, was born at Lemberg in 1790.
After various experiences in business, Rapoport became successively rabbi of Tarnopol (1837) and of Prague (1840). He was one of the founders of the new learning in Judaism. His chief work was the first part of an (unfinished) encyclopaedia (Ereklz Millin, 1852). Equally notable were his biographies of the Saadia Gaon Nathan author of the Arnkh, the Gaon Hai, Eleazar Kalir and others.
He died at Prague in 1867
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)