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Signature of Heinrich Brody
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Title
Signature of Heinrich Brody
Subject
Brody, Heinrich, 1868-1942
Description
This is the signature of Heinrich Brody, a Hungarian rabbi and scholar specializing in Hebrew poetry.
He was born in Ungvar, Hungary to Rabbi Solomon Zalman Brody of the famous Brody rabbinical family. His grandfather was Rabbi Solomon Ganzfried, author of the Biblical commentary Apiryon, a copy of which appears in the Brisman collection.
Heinrich Brody was educated at the Pressburg Yeshiva and the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. He conducted extensive research on medieval Hebrew poetry and wrote and published commentaries on poems by Judah Halevi, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Samuel HaNagid, and Moses ibn Ezra among others.
In addition to his research, Brody served as secretary of the international Hebrew literary society Mekize Nirdamim and president of the Hungarian Mizrachi organization, a religious Zionist movement founded in 1902.
In 1905 Brody was called to Prague to head the city’s Talmud Torah and later became Chief Rabbi there in 1912. In 1930, Brody left his post as Chief Rabbi after he was asked to head the Institute for Research of Hebrew Poetry by its founder S. Schocken. In this capacity Brody continued to research and publish works in several languages on Hebrew poetry in Spain, and in 1933 moved with the institution to Jerusalem where he lived until his death in 1942.
His signature appears in German as "H. Brody" and in Hebrew as "Hayim Broda." His bookstamp also appears in the Brisman collection.
He was born in Ungvar, Hungary to Rabbi Solomon Zalman Brody of the famous Brody rabbinical family. His grandfather was Rabbi Solomon Ganzfried, author of the Biblical commentary Apiryon, a copy of which appears in the Brisman collection.
Heinrich Brody was educated at the Pressburg Yeshiva and the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. He conducted extensive research on medieval Hebrew poetry and wrote and published commentaries on poems by Judah Halevi, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Samuel HaNagid, and Moses ibn Ezra among others.
In addition to his research, Brody served as secretary of the international Hebrew literary society Mekize Nirdamim and president of the Hungarian Mizrachi organization, a religious Zionist movement founded in 1902.
In 1905 Brody was called to Prague to head the city’s Talmud Torah and later became Chief Rabbi there in 1912. In 1930, Brody left his post as Chief Rabbi after he was asked to head the Institute for Research of Hebrew Poetry by its founder S. Schocken. In this capacity Brody continued to research and publish works in several languages on Hebrew poetry in Spain, and in 1933 moved with the institution to Jerusalem where he lived until his death in 1942.
His signature appears in German as "H. Brody" and in Hebrew as "Hayim Broda." His bookstamp also appears in the Brisman collection.
Creator
Brody, Heinrich, 1868-1942
Source
Rights
Digital Image: Washington University in Saint Louis
Relation
Format
Ink
Language
German, Hebrew
Type
Signature
Identifier
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Citation
Brody, Heinrich, 1868-1942, “Signature of Heinrich Brody,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed May 2, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/8328.
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