Naphtali Maskileison
Naphtali Maskileison (20 February 1829, Radashkovichy – 19 November 1897, Minsk) was an Imperial Russian Hebrew Maskilic author and book-dealer.
Also recorded as Naftali ben Avraham Maśkil le-Etan · Naftali Maśkil le-Etan
Naphtali Maskileison
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- Name
- Naphtali Maskileison
- Born
- 20 February 1829
- Birthplace
- Radashkovichy, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
- Died
- 19 November 1897
- Place of death
- Minsk, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire
- Occupation
- Author, book-dealer
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Languages
- Hebrew
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• Name — Naphtali Maskileison • Born — 20 February 1829 • Birthplace — Radashkovichy, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 19 November 1897 • Place of death — Minsk, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire • Occupation — Author, book-dealer • Language — Hebrew
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Naphtali Maskileison was a bookseller and writer, born in 1829 and died in 1897 in Minsk. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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Naphtali Maskileison was born at Radashkovichy, near Minsk. His father, Hebrew scholar Abraham Maskileison, instructed him in Talmud. Study of the poetical works of Moshe Chaim Luzzatto and Naphtali Wessely awakened Maskileison's interest in contemporary Hebrew literature, then regarded with disfavor by the Orthodox circles in which he grew up. His first poetical production was the drama Esther, which was praised by the poet Avraham Dov Ber Lebensohn. During a period of forty years, he published poems and prose articles in various Hebrew periodicals, as well as Miktabim le-lammed, a collection of eighty-eight letters of varied content (Vilna, 1870). One of Maskileison's most valuable undertakings was his revised edition of Jehiel Heilprin's Seder ha-dorot (Warsaw, 1878–1882). He left many works in manuscript.
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