Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Karaim, Karaim Language, Crimean Karaites, Adolph Joffe, Abraham Firkovich, Boris Souvarine, ufut Qale, Mordecai Ben Nissan, Seraya Shapshal, Benjamin Aga, Abraham Kirimi, Sima Babovich, Solomon Krym. Excerpt: Picture of Abraham Firkovich Abraham (Avraham) ben Samuel Firkovich (Hebrew - Avraham ben Shmuel; Crimean Karaim: - Avragham Firkovich ) (1786-1874) was a famous leader of the Qarays (Crimean Karaites ). He was born in Lutsk, Volhynia, then lived in Lithuania, and finally settled in ufut Qale, Crimea . Firkovich was a communal leader and hakham . He is best known as a collector of manuscripts and amateur archeologist. In Karaite circles he is sometimes known by the acronym "ABen ReSheF" (from "Abraham ben Rabbi Shemuel Firkovich"). Biography Abraham Firkovich, date unknown. From the 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia . In 1818 Firkovitch was hazzan of his native city, an office which among both Karaites and Rabbinites includes that of cantor, reader, teacher, and minister. In 1828 he lived in Berdichev, and had controversies with some Rabbinite Jews, the result being his anti-rabbinical work Masah u-Meribah (Eupatoria, 1838). In later years when he became closely connected with the Rabbinites, he repudiated the sentiments contained in that pamphlet. In 1830 he visited Jerusalem, where he collected many Karaite and Rabbinite manuscripts. On his return he remained two years in Constantinople, as teacher in the Karaite community. He then went to Crimea and organized a society to publish old Karaite works, of which several appeared in Eupatoria with comments by him. In 1838 he was the teacher of the children of Sima Babovich, the head of the Russian Karaites, who one year later recommended him to Count Vorontzov and to the Historical Society of Odessa as a suitable ma...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Crimean Karaites: Karaim, Karaim Language, Crimean Karaites, Adolph Joffe, Abraham Firkovich, Boris Souvarine, Ufut Qale, Mordecai Ben Nissan. To get started finding Crimean Karaites: Karaim, Karaim Language, Crimean Karaites, Adolph Joffe, Abraham Firkovich, Boris Souvarine, Ufut Qale, Mordecai Ben Nissan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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64
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Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155823583
Crimean Karaites: Karaim, Karaim Language, Crimean Karaites, Adolph Joffe, Abraham Firkovich, Boris Souvarine, Ufut Qale, Mordecai Ben Nissan
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Karaim, Karaim Language, Crimean Karaites, Adolph Joffe, Abraham Firkovich, Boris Souvarine, ufut Qale, Mordecai Ben Nissan, Seraya Shapshal, Benjamin Aga, Abraham Kirimi, Sima Babovich, Solomon Krym. Excerpt: Picture of Abraham Firkovich Abraham (Avraham) ben Samuel Firkovich (Hebrew - Avraham ben Shmuel; Crimean Karaim: - Avragham Firkovich ) (1786-1874) was a famous leader of the Qarays (Crimean Karaites ). He was born in Lutsk, Volhynia, then lived in Lithuania, and finally settled in ufut Qale, Crimea . Firkovich was a communal leader and hakham . He is best known as a collector of manuscripts and amateur archeologist. In Karaite circles he is sometimes known by the acronym "ABen ReSheF" (from "Abraham ben Rabbi Shemuel Firkovich"). Biography Abraham Firkovich, date unknown. From the 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia . In 1818 Firkovitch was hazzan of his native city, an office which among both Karaites and Rabbinites includes that of cantor, reader, teacher, and minister. In 1828 he lived in Berdichev, and had controversies with some Rabbinite Jews, the result being his anti-rabbinical work Masah u-Meribah (Eupatoria, 1838). In later years when he became closely connected with the Rabbinites, he repudiated the sentiments contained in that pamphlet. In 1830 he visited Jerusalem, where he collected many Karaite and Rabbinite manuscripts. On his return he remained two years in Constantinople, as teacher in the Karaite community. He then went to Crimea and organized a society to publish old Karaite works, of which several appeared in Eupatoria with comments by him. In 1838 he was the teacher of the children of Sima Babovich, the head of the Russian Karaites, who one year later recommended him to Count Vorontzov and to the Historical Society of Odessa as a suitable ma...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Crimean Karaites: Karaim, Karaim Language, Crimean Karaites, Adolph Joffe, Abraham Firkovich, Boris Souvarine, Ufut Qale, Mordecai Ben Nissan. To get started finding Crimean Karaites: Karaim, Karaim Language, Crimean Karaites, Adolph Joffe, Abraham Firkovich, Boris Souvarine, Ufut Qale, Mordecai Ben Nissan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.