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Naḥman Isaac Fischman

1809 – 1878

Galician Hebrew-language writer

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Lived 1809 – 1878 (aged 68–69). Naḥman Isaac Fischman was a literary editor, poet and writer.

Naḥman Isaac Fischmann (; –1873), also known by the pen name Ha-nif ha-kohen mi-Lvov , was a Galician Hebrew-language writer, dramatist, poet, and editor.

He was a member of the young Haskalah group in Lemberg, best known for his Biblical dramas Mapelet Sisra (1841) and Kesher Shevna (1870). Along with Jacob Bodek, , and , he published the controversial magazine Ha-roʼeh u-mevaḳer (Lemberg and Ofen, 1837–39), which attacked the philological and archaeological works of Samuel David Luzzatto, Isaac Samuel Reggio, and especially Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport.

Fischmann's other publications include Eshkol ʻanavim, a collection of original Hebrew poems and translations (Lemberg, 1827), Safah le-ne'emanim, a comprehensive commentary on Job (Lemberg, 1854), and the poem Ha-et ve-ha-meshorer (Lemberg, 1870). He was also a contributor to the literary publications Bikkure ha-Ittim and Yerushalayim ha-benuya.

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Important facts

Born
1809, Lviv
Birth century
Died
1878, Lviv
Occupation
Literary editor, poet, writer
Also known as
Nachman Isaac Fischmann, Nakhmen-Yitskhok Fishman, Naḥman Yiẕḥaq Fišman, Nahman Isaac Fischman, Naḥman Isaac Fischmann, Nahman Isaac b. Hayyim Gedaliah ha-Cohen Fishman
moreNaḥman Yitsḥaḳ Fishman, N. I. Fischmann

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Who was Naḥman Isaac Fischman?

Galician Hebrew-language writer

When was Naḥman Isaac Fischman born?

Naḥman Isaac Fischman was born in 1809 in Lviv.

When did Naḥman Isaac Fischman die?

Naḥman Isaac Fischman died in 1878 in Lviv.

What was Naḥman Isaac Fischman's occupation?

Naḥman Isaac Fischman was a literary editor, poet and writer.

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· Wikipedia: Naḥman Isaac Fischman

· Wikidata: Q104551121

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