Bernhard Templer (; May 1, 1865 – August 22, 1935) was a Austro-Galician

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theologian.

Biograhpy

Templer was born in Briegel, Galicia (now

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) to Rabbi Marcus Templer. At the age of fifteen he began contributing articles to various Hebrew periodicals, and two years later he published his ''Dover tov'' (Lemberg, 1882), novellæ and commentaries on obscure Talmudic passages. He was educated at the

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, the Vienna Bet ha-Midrash, and at the

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, where he received rabbinical ordination at the age of 18. Templer went on to work as a rabbi in Mährisch Aussee, Mährisch Schönberg, and

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. He served as a military rabbi during

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Publications

* * Comments on Biblical passages. * * * * * * * * * *

References

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