Moses Elkan Explained

Moses Elkan
Birth Place:Tulchin, Podolsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire

Moses Elkan (; died January 31, 1822) was a Russian physician and Hebrew scholar.

Elkan's works include a hymn in Hebrew and French addressed to Czar Alexander I (Munich, 1811).[1] He also published a manual in German on the history of the Jewish people, accompanied by a geographical sketch of Palestine, intended for use in Jewish schools. It was later translated into Russian by Z. Minor (Moscow, 1880).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Zeitlin, William. William Zeitlin. Bibliotheca hebraica post-Mendelssohniana. Leipzig. K. F. Koehler's Antiquarium. 1890. de. 77.
  2. Book: Estreicher, Karol. Bibliografia polska. 1 . Uniw. Jagiellońskiego . Kraków . 1872 . pl. 465.