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Perski
Perski is an Ashkenazi Jewish toponymic surname after the village of Pershai in today's Valozhyn Raion, Belarus. Variants include Persky and Perske. Notable persons with the surname Perski include: *Peter Perski (born 1970), Swedish actor *Szymon Perski (born 1923), birth name of Shimon Peres, Israeli statesman *Yoel Dov-Ber Perski (1816–1871), writer and translator See also *Constantin Perskyi (1854–1906), Russian scientist and professor {{surname Surnames of Jewish origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoel Dov-Ber Perski
Yoel Dov-Ber Perski (; 1816 – 17 November 1871), also known as Yoel Ber Kohen (), was a Hebrew language, Hebrew writer and translator. His publications include ''Kevod Melakhim'' (Königsberg and Vilnius, Vilna, 1851–53), a translation of François Fénelon's ''Les Aventures de Télémaque, Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse'', and ''Ḥayyei Asaf'' (Warsaw, 1858), a translation of Aesop's Fables, along with a biography of Aesop, their author. He also wrote ''Sefer Neveh Tehilah'' (1846), a Passover Haggadah with commentary; ''Heikhal Ra'anan'' and ''Shemen Ra'anan'' (Vilna, 1863), commentaries on the ''Yalkut Shimoni''; and ''Battei Kehunnah'', a commentary on ''Genesis Rabbah, Bereshit Rabba'' and ''Exodus Rabbah, Shemot Rabba''. Partial bibliography * * * * * * References 1816 births 1871 deaths 19th-century Jewish biblical scholars French–Hebrew translators People from Valozhyn Translators from the Russian Empire Jewish writers from the Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |