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Sussmann, Eliezer

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Dutch scholar, probably of German descent; lived in the first half of the eighteenth century. He was the author of the following works: "Mohar Yisrael," comprising a Hebrew grammar and a Dutch-Hebrew and Hebrew-Dutch dictionary, with an Aramaic-Dutch dictionary as an appendix,Amsterdam, 1741, 1744; "Maggishe Minḣah" (1728-1729), a German translation of the Bible; "Miḳra Meforash" (1749), a German translation of the Pentateuch. He edited "Niẓẓaḥon," a Hebrew translation of "Der Jüdische Theriak" of Solomon Ẓebi Hirsch of Aufhausen (a polemical tract directed against the anti-Jewish convert Brenz).

Bibliography:
  • Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 958;
  • Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, pp. 305, 368;
  • Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, s.;
  • Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 3:46.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Sussmann, Eliezer'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​s/sussmann-eliezer.html. 1901.
 
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