About Isaac Gastfreund
Lived 1845 – 1884 (aged 39). Isaac Gastfreund was an Austrian rabbi and biographer.
Isaac Gastfreund (c. 1845 - after 1880, Vienna) was a Galician rabbinical scholar.
He was the author of Toldot Rabbi Akiva, a biography of the Tanna Rabbi Akiva (Lemberg, 1871; see Ha-Shaḥar, ii.399-400), and of the German work Mohamed nach Talmud und Midrash (issued in parts, Berlin, 1875; Vienna, 1877–80; see Sprenger in Z.D.M.G. xxix.654-659).
He also wrote in Hebrew a biography of the Königswarter family entitled Toledot Bet Königswarter (Vienna, 1877); Anshe Shem, biographies of Jonathan Eybeschütz and Solomon Munk (Lyck, 1879); and Toledot Yellineḳ, a biography of Adolph Jellinek (Brody, 1880).
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Who was Isaac Gastfreund?
Galician rabbi and scholar (1845–1884)
When was Isaac Gastfreund born?
Isaac Gastfreund was born on 19 March 1845 in Lviv.
When did Isaac Gastfreund die?
Isaac Gastfreund died on 28 May 1884 in Vienna.
What was Isaac Gastfreund's occupation?
Isaac Gastfreund was a rabbi and biographer.
What nationality was Isaac Gastfreund?
Isaac Gastfreund was Austrian.
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