Moses Hirsch Enser (Hebrew: משה צבי ענסר, romanized: Mosheh Tzvi Enser; 1804 – 15 February 1871)[1] was a Galician Maskilic poet and grammarian.
Moses Hirsch Enser | |
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| Born | 1804 Lwów, Galicia |
| Died | 15 February 1871 (aged 66–67) Lwów, Galicia |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Literary movement | Haskalah |
From 1845 he published poetry in Max Emanuel Stern's Hebrew periodical Kokhve Yitzḥak,[2] and in 1854, released Ha-Matseref; ve-hu ha-ḥelek ha-rishon mi-sefer Masaʼat Mosheh ('The Purified; or Moses's Gift'),[3] a grammar book on the past tense.[4] He left in manuscript the books Igrot el Assaf ('Letters to Assaf', on the Hebrew language), Ha-noten zemirot ('The Giver of Tunes', on discernment), an interpretation of Shem-Tov ibn Falaquera's psychological treatise Sefer ha-nefesh ('Book of the Soul'), and a volume of poetry entitled Zera kodesh ('Seed of Holiness').[2][4]
Publications edit
- Ha-Matseref; ve-hu ha-ḥelek ha-rishon mi-sefer Masaʼat Mosheh. Lemberg: Gedruckt bei E. Winiarz. 1854.
References edit
- ^ Zeitlin, William (1890). "Enssir, Moses Hirsch". Bibliotheca hebraica post-Mendelssohniana (in German). Leipzig: K. F. Koehler's Antiquarium. p. 78.
- ^ a b Gelber, M. (1962). "The History of the Jews of Stryj". In Kudish, N. (ed.). Sefer Stryj [Book of Stryj]. Tel Aviv: Former Residents of Stryj in Israel. p. 33. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via JewishGen.
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Gottheil, Richard; Bacher, Wilhelm (1904). "Grammar, Hebrew". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 79.
- ^ a b Gelber, N. M. (1956). "History of the Jews of Lwow". In Gelber, N. M. (ed.). Encyclopedia Shel Galuyot: Lwow [Encyclopædia of the Jewish Diaspora: Lwow]. Translated by Ecker, Myra Yael. Jerusalem: Encyclopædia of the Jewish Diaspora. p. 367. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via JewishGen.
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