IZRAELITA MAGYAR IRODALMI TÁRSULAT
- IZRAELITA MAGYAR IRODALMI TÁRSULAT
- IZRAELITA MAGYAR IRODALMI TÁRSULAT (Imit; "Jewish-Hungarian
Literary Society," 1894–1950), literary society founded mainly at the
urging of I. goldziher , S. Kohn, and I. loew , and its
first president was samuel kohn . According to the society's
bylaws its main function was to publish an annual and a Hungarian
translation of the Bible. The latter was published under the editorship
of W. Bacher , J. Banoczi , and S. Krauss (4
vols., 1898–1907). The annual, a publication of rich scholarly and
literary merit, appeared in the years 1895–1918, 1929–43, and 1948. Its
first editors were W. Bacher, F. Mezey , and J. Banoczi. From
1929 S. Szemere served as editor. In addition, the society published
important monographs, such as, among others, M. Pollak, A zsidók
története Sopronban ("History of the Jews in Sopron"); S.
Buechler, A zsidók története Budapesten … ("History of the
Jews in Budapest," 1901); Monumenta Hungariae Judaica (vols.
1–4, 1903–38).
The society arranged lecture series in Budapest and other cities. In
1909 the Jewish Museum of Budapest was established at the initiative of
the society. In 1947 the society was reorganized, but in its new form it
was short-lived.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
B. Heller, in: Emlékkönyv Bánóczi Józsefnek (1919), 80–96.
(Alexander Scheiber)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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