OPPENHEIM, ḤAYYIM

OPPENHEIM, ḤAYYIM
OPPENHEIM, ḤAYYIM (1832–1891), Hebrew scholar. Born in Moravia, a brother of david oppenheim , he received his academic degree as well as a teaching certificate in Vienna in 1857. He also served as rabbi in various communities. His studies and articles encompassed the entire range of talmudic, religious, and philosophic literature of the Middle Ages. Most of his studies were written in Hebrew and appeared in scholarly publications during the latter half of the 19th century. He was among the first to introduce into Hebrew scholarship the early findings of Assyriology. He also contributed to German scholarly periodicals devoted to Judaic studies. -BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kressel, Leksikon, 1 (1965), 46. (Getzel Kressel)

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

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