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| − | + | <label>Dates</label> | |
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| − | + | <content><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">Shadal</a></content> | |
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| − | + | <category>Background<fn>This section incorporates information from E. Breuer,"Between Haskalah and Orthodoxy: The Writings of R. Jacob Zvi Meklenberg," HUCA 66 (1995): 259-87, and the doctoral thesis of M. Dell, "פרשנות אורתודוקסית לתורה בעידן של תמורות – הפולמוס בפירושיהם של רי"צ מקלנבורג ומלבים", Bar Ilan University, 2008 (hereafter: Dell, Parshanut).</fn> | |
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<subcategory>Life | <subcategory>Life | ||
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| − | + | <li><b>Hebrew name</b> – ר' יעקב צבי בן גמליאל מקלנבורג</li> | |
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| − | + | <li><b>Dates</b> – 1785-1865</li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Location</b> – R. Mecklenburg spent much of his youth in Inowroclaw,<fn>A town referred to by Jews as לעסלא , which R. Mecklenburg calls " עיר מולדתי" (see HaKetav VeHakabbalah Shemot 20:8), although there is some question whether he was born there or in Gnesen. See Breuer, Between Haskalah and Orthodoxy: 262.</fn>and lived in Gnesen, and Koenigsberg.</li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Education</b> – </li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Occupation</b> – </li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Family</b> – – His daughter married R. Baruch Gollub.</li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Teachers</b> – R. Zecharyah Mendel b. R. David Tevele<fn>Who served as a rabbi in Inowroclaw 1805-1809.</fn></li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Contemporaries</b> – R. Samuel David Luzzatto,<fn>Despite being a younger contemporary, Shadal had significant impact on R. Mecklenburg's work.</fn> R.Tzvi Hirsch Kalischer<fn>R. Mecklenburg wrote an approbation to R. Kalischer's Derishat Tzion.</fn></li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Students</b> – </li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Time period</b> – R. Mecklenburg lived through times of great social upheaval including Jewish emancipation, and the Haskalah and Reform movements. Despite his anti-Reform agenda, R. Mecklenburg operated within a united Jewish community in Koenigsburg, where the Reform community was relatively moderate and respected, to some extent, R. Mecklenburg's authority.<fn>See Dell, Parshanut: 25-26.</fn></li> | |
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| − | + | <li><b>World outlook</b> – </li> | |
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| − | + | <li><b>Biblical commentaries</b> – HaKetav VeHaKabbalah on the Torah<fn>The work was intended to defend Orthodoxy against Reform by showing how the Oral Law - traditional Rabbinic exegesis - is contained within the Torah text (hence the name: Ketav – text, Kabbalah – tradition). R. Mecklenburg published an initial version in 1839, and revised editions in 1852 and 1856. A further revised posthumous edition was published in 1880. See N. Ben Menachem, "Shtei Iggrot R. Yaakov Tzvi Meklenburg", Sinai 65 (1969), pp. 327-332, and E. Brodt, "<a href="http://seforim.blogspot.co.il/2011/11/using-works-of-shadal-and-r-n-h-wessely.html">Using the works of Shadal and R. N. H. Wessely</a>," published on seforim.blogspot.co.il.</fn></li> | |
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| − | + | <li><b>Talmudic novellae</b> – </li> | |
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| − | + | <li><b>Responses to the works of others</b> – </li> | |
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| − | + | <li><b>Jewish thought</b> – Iyyun Tefilah<fn>A commentary on the Siddur.</fn></li> | |
| − | + | <li><b>Other works </b>– R. Mecklenburg's extant letters and approbations are important sources for his history and thought.<fn>See Breuer, Between Haskalah, and Dell, Parshanut: 26-28.</fn></li> | |
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| Name | R. Yaakov Mecklenburg ר' יעקב צבי בן גמליאל מקלנבורג |
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| Dates | 1785-1865 |
| Location | Gnesen, Koenigsberg |
| Works | HaKetav VeHaKabbalah |
| Exegetical Characteristics | |
| Influenced by | Shadal |
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Background1
Life
- Name –
- Hebrew name – ר' יעקב צבי בן גמליאל מקלנבורג
- Dates – 1785-1865
- Location – R. Mecklenburg spent much of his youth in Inowroclaw,2and lived in Gnesen, and Koenigsberg.
- Education –
- Occupation –
- Family – – His daughter married R. Baruch Gollub.
- Teachers – R. Zecharyah Mendel b. R. David Tevele3
- Contemporaries – R. Samuel David Luzzatto,4 R.Tzvi Hirsch Kalischer5
- Students –
- Time period – R. Mecklenburg lived through times of great social upheaval including Jewish emancipation, and the Haskalah and Reform movements. Despite his anti-Reform agenda, R. Mecklenburg operated within a united Jewish community in Koenigsburg, where the Reform community was relatively moderate and respected, to some extent, R. Mecklenburg's authority.6
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- World outlook –
Works
- Biblical commentaries – HaKetav VeHaKabbalah on the Torah7
- Rabbinics –
- Talmudic novellae –
- Halakhic codes –
- Responses to the works of others –
- Responsa –
- Jewish thought – Iyyun Tefilah8
- Other works – R. Mecklenburg's extant letters and approbations are important sources for his history and thought.9
- Misattributed works –
Torah Commentary
Characteristics
- Verse by verse / Topical –
- Genre –
- Structure –
- Language –
- Peshat and derash –
Methods
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Themes
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Textual Issues
- Manuscripts –
- Printings –
- Textual layers –
Sources
Significant Influences
- Earlier Sources –
- Teachers –
- Foils –
Occasional Usage
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Possible Relationship
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Impact
Later exegetes
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Supercommentaries
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