Herman Bodek

Herman Bodek ({{Langx|he|צְבִי הִירְשׁ בּוֹדֵק}}, Tzvi Hirsh Bodek; 27 September 1820, Brody – 19 August 1880, Leipzig){{r|zeitlin}} was a Galician Jewish Hebraist. He was descended from a highly respected family, and was the son-in-law of Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport.{{r|shemesh}} For a long time he lived in Leipzig, where he was translator of Hebrew at the courts of law, and was also engaged in business.{{r|lippe}}

Bodek was well acquainted with rabbinical and Maskilic Hebrew literature, and contributed articles on various subjects to the Jewish periodical press of several countries. He was the author of Eleh dibre ha-berit ({{lit|These Are the Words of the Covenant}}; Leipzig, 1880), a twelve-chapter introduction to the ritual signs, allegories, and objects of Freemasonry. It was based on the works of {{ill|Gotthard Oswald Marbach|lt=Oswald Marbach|de}} and Robert Fischer on that subject, and was intended mainly for Jewish Masons in the East, or for those in Europe who could not read any language other than Hebrew.{{r|handbuch}} Bodek was himself a member of the {{ill|Apollo Lodge|de|Apollo (Freimaurerloge)}} of the Masonic Order in Leipzig, which he joined in February 1861.{{r|handbuch}}

References

{{Jewish Encyclopedia|article=Bodek, Herman|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3457-bodek-herman|first1= Louis|last1=Ginzberg|first2=Peter|last2=Wiernik|volume=3|page=281}}

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{{cite book| title=Allgemeines Handbuch der Freimaurerei | publisher=F. A. Brockhaus | volume=3|location=Leipzig| year=1879 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3VWAAAAcAAJ|pages=18–19 | language=de|edition=2nd}}

{{cite book|first=Chaim David|last=Lippe |author-link=Chaim David Lippe |location=Vienna|date=1879|title=Bibliographisches Lexicon der gesammten juedischen Literatur der Gegenwart und Adress-Anzeiger|pages=577–578|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lksXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA577}}

{{cite book|last=Zeitlin | first=William|author-link=William Zeitlin | title=Bibliotheca hebraica post-Mendelssohniana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EIF5-loJ9kgC&pg=PA36|page=36|location=Leipzig|publisher=K. F. Koehler's Antiquarium|date=1890| isbn=9783487413150}}

{{cite journal|title="What is the Benefit of Adorning Him with Flowers and Greenery?": The Attitude of Rabbis in Germany and the Land of Israel in Modern Times to Laying Wreaths at Burial and Memorial Ceremonies|first=Abraham Ofir|last=Shemesh|journal=Modern Judaism|volume=37|number=1|date=February 2017|pages=108–133|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/649100|issn=1086-3273}}

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Category:1820 births

Category:1880 deaths

Category:Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe)

Category:People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

Category:People from Brody

Category:Writers from Leipzig

Category:Hebrew-language writers

Category:Freemasons

Category:Emigrants from the Austrian Empire

Category:Immigrants to Germany