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Isaak Markus Jost
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or ISAAK MARKUS JOST (1793-1860), Jewish historical writer, was born on the 22nd of February 1793 at Bernburg, and studied at the universities of Gottingen and Berlin. In Berlin he began to teach, and in 1835 received the appointment of upper master in the Jewish commercial school (called the Philanthropin) at Frankfort-on-the-Main. Here he remained until his death, on the 22nd of November 1860. The work by which he is chiefly known is Geschichte der Israeliten seit der Zeit der Maccabker, in 9 vols. (1820-1829), which was afterwards supplemented by Neuere Geschichte der Israeliten von 1815-1845 (1846-1847), and Geschichte des Judenthums and seiner Sekten (1857-1859). He also published an abridgment under the title Allgemeine Geschichte des israelitischen Volkes (1831-1832), and an edition of the Mishna with a German translation and notes (6 vols., 1832-1834). The Israelitische Annalen were edited by him from 1839 to 1841, and he contributed extensively to periodicals.
See Zirndorf, Isaak Markus Jost and seine Freunde (Cincinnati, 1886).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Isaak Markus Jost'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/i/isaak-markus-jost.html. 1910.
