Hermann Strack
Hermann Leberecht Strack (6 May 1848 – 5 October 1922) was a German
theologian and orientalist; born in Berlin
.
Biography
From 1877, Strack was assistant professor of
St. Petersburg to examine the Bible manuscripts there; on this occasion he examined also the antiquities of the Firkovich collection, which he declared to be forgeries. This claim was found to be untrue: the Firkovich collection is closely related to Cairo Geniza material found by Solomon Schechter
.
Selected works
- Prolegomena Critica in Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum (Leipzig, 1873);
- Katalog der Hebräschen Bibelhandschriften der Kaiserlichen Oeffentlichen Bibliothek in St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg and Leipzig, 1875), in collaboration with A. Harkavy;
- Prophetarum Posteriorum Codex Babylonicus Petropolitanus (ib. 1876);
- A. Firkowitch und Seine Entdeckungen (ib. 1876);
- editions of the Mishnah tractates Abot (Carlsruhe, 1882; 2d ed. Berlin, 1888), Yoma (ib. 1888), 'Abodah Zarah (ib. 1888), and Shabbat (ib. 1890);
- Hebräische Grammatik (Karlsruhe, 1883; 3d ed. Munchen, 1902); Hebrew Grammar (Berlin-London-New York, 1889; 2nd English ed.)
- Lehrbuch der Neuhebräischen Sprache und Litteratur (ib. 1884), in collaboration with Karl Siegfried;
- Herr Adolf Stöcker (ib. 1885; 2d ed. 1886);
- Einleitung in den Talmud (Leipzig, 1887; 2d ed. 1894), a revised reprint of his article on the subject in Herzog-Hauck's Real-Encyklopädie, to which he made a whole series of contributions on rabbinic subjects;
- Paradigmen zur Hebräischen Grammatik (Leipzig, 1887)
- Einleitung in das Alte Testament (Nördlingen, 1888; 5th ed. Munich, 1898);
- Der Blutaberglaube in der Menschheit, Blutmorde und Blutritus (ib. 1891; 5th ed. 1900), an investigation into the blood libel;
- Die Juden. Dürfen Sie 'Verbrecher von Religionswegen' Genannt Werden? (Berlin, 1893);
- Abriss des Biblischen Aramäisch (Leipzig, 1897).
- Jüdische Geheimgesetze? Mit 3 Anh.: Rohling, Ecker und kein Ende?. Artur Dinter u. Kunst, Wissenschaft, Vaterland. "Die Weisen von Zion" und ihre Gläubigen (Berlin 1920; ib. 3rd and 4th ed. 1921).
- Introduction to the Talmud & Midrash (1931), Jewish Publication Society of America, based on the 5th Edition of Einleitung in den Talmud & Midrasch.
- Kommentar zum Neuen Testament Aus Talmud und Midrasch, with Paul Billerbeck; (1922–1928; 4 volumes).
Since 1886 Strack was associated with Zoeckler in editing the Kurzgefasster Kommentar zu den Schriften des Alten und Neuen Testaments (Nördlingen and Munich). Strack was also a member of the Foreign Board of Consulting Editors of the Jewish Encyclopedia.
Translations
- The Passover Meal, translated by Nathaniel J. Biebert (Red Brick Parsonage, 2013).
- Luke 18 and Fasting: Commentary on Luke 18:11b,12a, translated by Nathaniel J. Biebert (Red Brick Parsonage, 2013).
- John 10 and Hanukkah: Commentary on John 10:22-30, translated by Nathaniel J. Biebert (Red Brick Parsonage, 2013).
- Commentary on Luke 7:36-50, translated by Nathaniel J. Biebert (Red Brick Parsonage, 2013).
- Commentary on Matthew 5:13-14, translated by Nathaniel J. Biebert (Red Brick Parsonage, 2014).
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Hermann Strack". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
External links
- Works by or about Hermann Strack at Internet Archive
- Works by Hermann Strack at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Digitized works by Hermann Strack at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York
