About Akiva Frankfurt
Lived 1520 – 1597 (aged 76–77). Akiva Frankfurt was a poet and writer.
Akiva ben Jacob Frankfurt (; died 1597), also known as Akiva ben Jacob Günzburg , was a German poet and rabbi.
He was the son of Jacob Flesch of Prague, and the son-in-law of Rabbi Simeon Günzburg of Frankfurt, with whose congregation he was associated as preacher, and by whose name he came to be known. His grandson was the scholar Abraham Flesch (–1640).
Works Prayers and songs for the days of the week. Songs for the Sabbath, some of which have been translated into Judæo-German, with notes in Hebrew. A dispute between wine and water, in verse, with a translation in Judæo-German. Published together with the two preceding, and separately, Amsterdam, 1759. Songs for Sabbath evening.
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Who was Akiva Frankfurt?
German poet and rabbi (died 1597)
When was Akiva Frankfurt born?
Akiva Frankfurt was born in 1520 in Neuss.
When did Akiva Frankfurt die?
Akiva Frankfurt died in 1597 in Frankfurt.
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Akiva Frankfurt was a poet and writer.
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