Pinkus Friedrich Frankl (; February 28, 1848 – August 22, 1887) was a German rabbi and scholar.

Biography

Pinkus Friedrich Frankl was born in Ungarisch-Brod, Moravia, in 1848. He received his education at the '' yeshivah'' in Presburg, and later prepared for the rabbinate at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau. Simultaneously, he pursued studies in Orientalia at the university of the same city, earning his doctoral degree in 1870. In 1875, Frankl assumed the position of secretary of the Wiener Israelitische Allianz. In 1877, he succeeded Abraham Geiger as rabbi in Berlin. Frankl's responsibilities expanded in 1881 when he also took on a teaching role at the

Lehranstalt für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

, lecturing in

Jewish philosophy Jewish philosophy () includes all philosophy carried out by Jews, or in relation to the religion of Judaism. Until modern ''Haskalah'' (Jewish Enlightenment) and Jewish emancipation, Jewish philosophy was preoccupied with attempts to reconcile ...

medieval 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 ...

, and homiletics. During this period, he collaborated with Heinrich Graetz on the publication of the ''

Monatsschrift für die Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judenthums ''Monatsschrift für die Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judenthums'' ("Monthly magazine for the history and science of Judaism", abbreviated to ''MGWJ'') is a monthly journal devoted to the Science of Judaism. It was founded by Zecharias Frankel ...

''.

Selected publications

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Piyyuṭim A ''piyyut'' or ''piyut'' (plural piyyutim or piyutim, he, פִּיּוּטִים / פיוטים, פִּיּוּט / פיוט ; from Greek ποιητής ''poiētḗs'' "poet") is a Jewish liturgical poem, usually designated to be sung, ch ...

'' of

Eleazar ha-Ḳalir Eleazar ben Kalir, also known as Eleazar HaKalir, Eleazar ben Killir or Eleazar Kalir (c. 570c. 640) was a Byzantine Jew and a Hebrew poet whose classical liturgical verses, known as ''piyut'', have continued to be sung through the centuries duri ...

. * A criticism of Simḥah Pinsker's ''Liḳuṭe Ḳadmoniyot'', first published in ''

Ha-Shaḥar ''Ha-Shaḥar'' () was a Hebrew-language monthly periodical, published and edited at Vienna by Peretz Smolenskin from 1868 to 1884. The journal contained scientific articles, essays, biographies, and literature, as well as general Jewish news. ...

'' (1876–1877).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frankl, Pinkus 1848 births 1887 deaths 19th-century German rabbis Jewish orientalists Moravian rabbis University of Breslau alumni