Yoel Dov-Ber Perski
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| Native name | יואל דוב־בער פערסקי |
| Born | 1816 Volozhin, Russian Empire |
| Died | 17 November 1871 (aged 54–55) Vilna, Russian Empire |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Notable works | Kevod Melakhim (1851–53) Ḥayyei Asaf (1858) |
Yoel Dov-Ber Perski (Hebrew: יואל דוב־בער בן מאיר הכהן פערסקי; 1816 – 17 November 1871), also known as Yoel Ber Kohen (Hebrew: יואל בער כהן), was a Hebrew writer and translator.
His publications include Kevod Melakhim (Königsberg and Vilna, 1851–53), a translation of François Fénelon's Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse, and Ḥayyei Asaf (Warsaw, 1858), a translation of Aesop's Fables, along with a biography of their author.[1] He also wrote Sefer Neveh Tehilah (1846), a Passover Haggadah with commentary;[2] Heikhal Ra'anan and Shemen Ra'anan (Vilna, 1863), commentaries on the Yalkut Shimoni;[3] and Battei Kehunnah, a commentary on Bereshit Rabba and Shemot Rabba.[4]
Partial bibliography[edit]
- Sefer neṿeh tehilah (PDF) (in Hebrew). Vilna: Menaḥem Mann & Simḥah Zimel. 1846.
- Kevod melakhim (in Hebrew). Vol. 1. Königsberg: A. Zamter. 1851.
- Kevod melakhim (in Hebrew). Vol. 2. Vilna: Y. R. Romm. 1853.
- Yalkut Shimʻoni: ʻim beʼur Zayit raʻanan (in Hebrew). Zensburg: M. Y. Italyener. 1856.
- Ḥaye Asaf: haʻtaḳah le-toʻelet tseʻire bene ʻamenu (in Hebrew). Warsaw: Y. Lebensohn. 1858.
- Sefer Bate kehunah: ve-huʼ beʼur maspik ʻal ha-Midrash Rabah (in Hebrew). Vilna: A. Y. & Sh. D. Dvorzets. 1871.
References[edit]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rosenthal, Herman; Schlössinger, Max (1904). "Kohn, Joel Beer". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 534.
- ^ Zeitlin, William (1890). "Kohn, Joël Beer (aus Woloshin)". Bibliotheca hebraica post-Mendelssohniana (in German). Leipzig: K. F. Koehler's Antiquarium. p. 177.
- ^ Benjacob, Isaac (1880). Otsar ha-sefarim: sefer ʻarukh li-tekhunat sifre Yisraʼel nidpasim (in Hebrew). Vilna: Defus ha-almanah veha-aḥim Romm. p. 127, 186, 236.
- ^ . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
- ^ Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred, eds. (2007). "Perski, Joel Dov Baer". Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
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