Meyer Elkan Fürth () was a German writer and teacher, who belonged to the school of the

Me'assefim The Me'assefim () were a group of Hebrew writers who between 1784 and 1811 published their works in the periodical ''Ha-Me'assef'' (), which they had founded. History In 1782 Moses Mendelssohn's German translation of the Pentateuch had appeared. I ...

. He annotated a mathematical work by Abraham Joseph Menz that had appeared in Berlin in 1775, and wrote a number of Hebrew and German works.

Publications

* * * A commentary on the ''Sefer ibronot'', with German translation. *

Moses Mendelssohn Moses Mendelssohn (6 September 1729 – 4 January 1786) was a German-Jewish philosopher and theologian. His writings and ideas on Jews and the Jewish religion and identity were a central element in the development of the ''Haskalah'', or 'J ...

's '' Phädon'', with a commentary in refutation of Mendelssohn's views. * A polemic against the

Reform Reform refers to the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The modern usage of the word emerged in the late 18th century and is believed to have originated from Christopher Wyvill's Association movement, which ...

movement. * * * A polemic against Joseph Wolf and

Gotthold Salomon Gotthold Salomon (born as Schlomo Salman ben Lippmann haLewi; November 1, 1784 in Sandersleben (Anhalt-Dessau) – November 17, 1862 in Hamburg) was a German Jewish rabbi, politician and Bible translator. Following on the work of Moses Mendelsso ...

's book ''Der Charakter des Judenthums'', and against the latter's ''Selimas Stunden der Weihe'', in Judæo-German. * A portion of the preceding work in German. * A commentary to Maimonides' '' Hilkhot kiddush ha-ḥodesh'', together with Scriptural comments and novellæ.

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