Isaac Gastfreund

Isaac Gastfreund (about 1845 - after 1880, Vienna) was a Galician rabbinical scholar.

He was the author of Toledot Rabbi 'Aḳibah, a biography of the tanna Akiba ben Joseph (Lemberg, 1871; see Ha-Shaḥar, ii.399-400), and of the German work Mohamed nach Talmud und Midrash (issued in parts, Berlin, 1875; Vienna, 1877–80; see Sprenger in Z.D.M.G. xxix.654-659).

He also wrote in Hebrew a biography of the Königswarter family entitled Toledot Bet Königswarter (Vienna, 1877); Anshe Shem, biographies of Jonathan Eybeschütz and Solomon Munk (Lyck, 1879); and Toledot Yellineḳ, a biography of Adolph Jellinek (Brody, 1880).

References

• Chaim David Lippe, Bibliographisches Lexicon, i.129, 600, Vienna, 1881
• William Zeitlin, Bibl. Post-Mendels., p. 107;
• Moise Schwab, Répertoire, Paris, 1900; ib. Supplement, 1903.

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References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Executive Committee of the Editorial Board, Peter Wiernik (1901–1906). "Isaac Gastfreund". Jewish Encyclopedia. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=82&letter=G.