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Bible Encyclopedias
Oski, Reuben
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (also called Hoschke), a rabbi at Prague, where he died in 1673, is the author of רְאוּבֵנַי יִלְקוּט, a manual for preachers, containing in alphabetical order certain loci communes, compiled from different authors, of which only the first part has been published (Prague, 1660; Hamburg, 1712), while the second part is yet in MS. in the Oppenheimeriana: יִלְקוּט רְאוּבֵנַי הִגָּדוֹל, a Cabalistic Midrash on the Pentateuch, with large extracts from the Mekiltha, Pesikta, Zohar, and other Cabalistic works (Wilmersdorf, 1681; Amsterd. 1700; Lemberg, 1860; Amsterd. 1870, fol.); which however must be distinguished from the יִלְקוּט ofR. Simeon Cara (q.v.): — דָּבָר שֶׁבַקַדוּשָׁה, an introduction to the subject of asceticism (Sulzbach, 1684): — and עֹנֶג שִׁבָּת, Cabalistic observations on the ritual for the Sabbath. — See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:412 sq.; De Rossi, Dizionario storico degli autori Ebrei, p. 254 (Germ. transl. by Hamburger); Etheridge, Introduction to Heb. Literatur e, p. 419; Zunz, Zur Geschichte u. Literatur, p. 402; Steinschneider, Jewish Literature, p. 223. (B. P.)
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Oski, Reuben'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/o/oski-reuben.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
