Joseph Bergel or Bergl (2 September 1802, Prossnitz – 1885, Kaposvár) was Hungarian physician and writer. His most important work is ''Die Medizin der Talmudisten'' (Leipzig and Berlin, 1885), with an appendix on anthropology as it is found in ancient Hebrew writings. He was well versed in

rabbinical Rabbinic Judaism ( he, יהדות רבנית, Yahadut Rabanit), also called Rabbinism, Rabbinicism, or Judaism espoused by the Rabbanites, has been the mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE, after the codification of the Babylonian ...

and modern

Hebrew literature Hebrew literature consists of ancient, medieval, and modern writings in the Hebrew language. It is one of the primary forms of Jewish literature, though there have been cases of literature written in Hebrew by non-Jews. Hebrew literature was pro ...

, and attempted to introduce a new meter into

Hebrew poetry Hebrew poetry is poetry written in the Hebrew language. It encompasses such things as: * Biblical poetry, the poetry found in the poetic books of the Hebrew Bible * Piyyut, religious Jewish liturgical poetry in Hebrew or Aramaic * Medieval Hebrew ...

in a work he published under the title ''Pirḥe Leshon 'Eber'' (Hebrew songs), Gross-Kanizsa, 1873. In German he wrote: * ''Studien über die Naturwissenschaftlichen Kenntnisse der Talmudisten'', Leipzig, 1880 * ''Die Eheverhältnisse der Alten Juden im Vergleich mit den Griechischen und Römischen'', ib. 1881 * ''Der Himmel und Seine Wunder, eine Archäologische Studie nach Alten Jüdischen Mythografien'', which was also published in Leipzig in the same year under the title ''Mythologie der Alten Hebräer'', 1882 These works are not profound, but they bring together a certain amount of useful information. Bergel also wrote ''Geschichte der Juden in Ungarn'', published in 1879 in Hungarian and German.

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* :* Chaim David Lippe, ''Bibliographisches Lexicon'', v. 1, 2 :*

Meyer Kayserling Meyer Kayserling (also '' Meir'' or ''Moritz'', 17 June 1829 – 21 April 1905) was a German rabbi and historian. Life Kayserling was born in Hanover, and was the brother of writer and educator Simon Kayserling. He was educated at Halbersta ...

, ''Jüdische Litteratur'', p. 131 :* '' Revue Etudes Juives'', x. 266, 267 :* ''Ha-Ẓefirah'', 1885, No. 12. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergel, Joseph 1802 births 1885 deaths Writers from Prostějov People from the Margraviate of Moravia Jewish Czech writers Writers from the Austrian Empire Physicians from the Austrian Empire 19th-century Hungarian physicians Jewish Hungarian writers Hebrew-language writers Medical writers Writers from Austria-Hungary Moravian Jews Hungarian people from the Austrian Empire

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