Nathan Porges

Nathan Porges (December 21, 1848 - August 27, 1924) was a Bohemian German rabbi.

Porges was born in Prostějov in Moravia, then part of the Austrian Empire.

He was educated in his native town Prostějov, at the gymnasium of Olomouc, and at the University of Olomouc (Ph.D. 1869) and the Jewish Theological Seminary (rabbi 1869) of Breslau (Wrocław). He became successively rabbi at Nakel (Nakło nad Notecią) (1875), Mannheim (1879), Pilsen (1880), Karlovy Vary (1882), and Leipzig; he began officiating in the last city in 1888.

Porges died in Würzburg.

Literary works

Porges wrote many articles, essays, and critiques for periodicals including:

• Revue des Études Juives
• Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judenthums
• Zeitschrift für Hebräische Bibliographie
• Centralblatt für Bibliothekswesen

He was the author of:

• Über die Verbalstammbildung in den Semitischen Sprachen, Vienna, 1875
• Bibelkunde und Babelfunde, Leipzig, 1903

References

• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia article "Porges, Nathan" by Isidore Singer and Frederick T. Haneman, a publication now in the public domain.

See also: Porges

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