Yoel Dov-Ber Perski (; 1816 – 17 November 1871), also known as Yoel Ber Kohen (), was a
Hebrew writer and translator.
His publications include ''Kevod Melakhim'' (
Königsberg and
Vilna, 1851–53), a translation of
François Fénelon
François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon (), more commonly known as François Fénelon (6 August 1651 – 7 January 1715), was a French Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. Today, he is remembered mostly as the author of '' Th ...
's ''
Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse'', and ''Ḥayyei Asaf'' (
Warsaw, 1858), a translation of
Aesop's Fables, along with a biography of
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 ''
Bereshit Rabba'' and ''
Shemot Rabba''.
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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 Empire
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