Siegmund Salfeld (24 March 1843 – May 1926) was a German rabbi and writer. He was born at

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. Having received his degree of Ph.D. from the

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in 1870, he became in the same year rabbi of Dessau, Anhalt. In 1880 he was chosen rabbi of

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. He collaborated on ''

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'' and the ''

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''. He died in Mainz, aged 83.

Works

*''Fünf Predigten'' (1879), sermons delivered on different occasions *''Das Hohelied Salomo's bei den Jüdischen Erklärern des Mittelalters'' (Berlin, 1879) *''Dr. Salomon Herxheimer'' (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1885) biography *''Nürnberg im Mittelalter'' (Kiel, 1894-1896) with M. Stern *''Der Alte Israelitische Friedhof in Mainz'' (Berlin, 1898) *''Das Martyrologium des Nürnberger Memorbuches'' (ib. 1898), a work edited for the Gesellschaft für die Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland *''Bilder aus der Vergangenheit der Jüdischen Gemeinde Mainz'' (Mayence, 1903)

References

*
Guide to the Papers of Siegmund Salfeld (1843-1926)

External links

Digitized works by Siegmund Salfeld
at the

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