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Alexander (Chanoch Yehuda) Kohut (April 22, 1842 – May 25, 1894) was a rabbi and orientalist.[1]

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  1. 58 relations: Adolph Kohut, Albertirsa, Berlin, Bible, Budapest, Christians, Columbia College, Columbia University, Conservative Judaism, Cyrus Adler, Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, Doctor of Philosophy, Etymology, Eulogy, Europe, George Alexander Kohut, German language, Gymnasium (school), Hebrew language, Hebrew school, Hungarian language, Hungary, Isidore Singer, József Eötvös, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Kálmán Tisza, Kecskemét, Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Lajos Kossuth, Leipzig University, Leopold Zunz, Linguistics, Literary estate, Nathan ben Jehiel, New York City, Oradea, Oriental studies, Pécs, Persian literature, Philology, Pirkei Avot, Pittsburgh Platform, Plagiarism, Rabbi, Rabbinic Judaism, Rebekah Bettelheim Kohut, Romani people, Sabato Morais, Safed, Salomon Buber, Schism in Hungarian Jewry, ... Expand index (8 more) »

  2. Hungarian rabbis
  3. Jewish Theological Seminary of America people
  4. People from Kiskunfélegyháza

Adolph Kohut

Adolph Kohut (10 November 1848 – 21 or 22 November 1917) was a German-Hungarian journalist, literature and cultural historian, biographer, recitator and translator from Hungarian origin.

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Albertirsa

Albertirsa (formerly Alberti-Irsa, Irša) is a town in Ceglédi kistérség, ''Pest megye'', and the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.

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Christians

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Columbia College, Columbia University

Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college of Columbia University, a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Conservative Judaism

Conservative Judaism, also known as Masorti Judaism (translit), is a Jewish religious movement that regards the authority of Jewish law and tradition as emanating primarily from the assent of the people through the generations, more than from divine revelation.

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Cyrus Adler

Cyrus Adler (September 13, 1863 – April 7, 1940) was an American educator, Jewish religious leader and scholar.

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Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft

The (German Oriental Society), abbreviated DMG, is a scholarly organization dedicated to Oriental studies, that is, to the study of the languages and cultures of the Near East and the Far East, the broader Orient, Asia, Oceania, and Africa.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Etymology

Etymology (The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the scientific study of words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time".) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.

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Eulogy

A eulogy (from εὐλογία, eulogia, Classical Greek, eu for "well" or "true", logia for "words" or "text", together for "praise") is a speech or writing in praise of a person, especially one who recently died or retired, or as a term of endearment.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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George Alexander Kohut

George Alexander Kohut (February 11, 1874 – December 31, 1933) was an American rabbi and bibliographer; born in Stuhlweissenburg (modern Székesfehérvár), Hungary. Alexander Kohut and George Alexander Kohut are American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Gymnasium (school)

Gymnasium (and variations of the word) is a term in various European languages for a secondary school that prepares students for higher education at a university.

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Hebrew language

Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.

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Hebrew school

Hebrew school is Jewish education focusing on topics of Jewish history, learning the Hebrew language, and finally learning their Torah Portion, in preparation for the ceremony in Judaism of entering adulthood, known as a Bar or Bat Mitzvah.

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Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic language of the proposed Ugric branch spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighbouring countries.

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Hungary

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Isidore Singer

Isidore Singer (10 November 1859 – 20 February 1939) was an American encyclopedist and editor of The Jewish Encyclopedia and founder of the American League for the Rights of Man. Alexander Kohut and Isidore Singer are Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States.

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József Eötvös

József baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény (pronunciation:; 3 September 1813 – 2 February 1871) was a Hungarian writer and statesman, the son of Ignác baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény and Anna von Lilien, who stemmed from an Erbsälzer family of Werl in Germany.

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Jewish Theological Seminary of America

The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is a Conservative Jewish education organization in New York City, New York.

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Kálmán Tisza

Kálmán Tisza de Borosjenő (archaic English: Coloman Tisza, or Koloman Tisza; 16 December 1830 – 23 March 1902) was the Hungarian prime minister between 1875 and 1890.

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Kecskemét

Kecskemét is a city with county rights in central Hungary.

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Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867)

The Kingdom of Hungary between 1526 and 1867 existed as a state outside the Holy Roman Empire, but part of the lands of the Habsburg monarchy that became the Austrian Empire in 1804.

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Lajos Kossuth

Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (udvardi és kossuthfalvi Kossuth Lajos, Ľudovít Košút, Louis Kossuth; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and governor-president of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–1849.

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Leipzig University

Leipzig University (Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany.

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Leopold Zunz

Leopold Zunz (יום טוב צונץ—Yom Tov Tzuntz, ליפמן צונץ—Lipmann Zunz; 10 August 1794 – 17 March 1886) was the founder of academic Judaic Studies (Wissenschaft des Judentums), the critical investigation of Jewish literature, hymnology and ritual.

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Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language.

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Literary estate

The literary estate of a deceased author consists mainly of the copyright and other intellectual property rights of published works, including film, translation rights, original manuscripts of published work, unpublished or partially completed work, and papers of intrinsic literary interest such as correspondence or personal diaries and records.

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Nathan ben Jehiel

Nathan ben Jehiel of Rome (Nāṯān ben Yəḥiʾel mirRomi, 1035 – 1106) was a Jewish Italian lexicographer.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Oradea

Oradea (Großwardein; Nagyvárad) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region.

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Oriental studies

Oriental studies is the academic field that studies Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology.

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Pécs

Pécs (Pečuh; Fünfkirchen,; also known by alternative names) is the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the country's southwest, close to the border with Croatia.

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Persian literature

Persian literature comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world's oldest literatures.

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Philology

Philology is the study of language in oral and written historical sources.

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Pirkei Avot

Pirkei Avot (Chapters of the fathers; also transliterated as Pirqei Avoth or Pirkei Avos or Pirke Aboth), which translates to English as Chapters of the Fathers, is a compilation of the ethical teachings and maxims from Rabbinic Jewish tradition.

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Pittsburgh Platform

The Pittsburgh Platform is a pivotal 1885 document in the history of the American Reform Movement in Judaism that called for Jews to adopt a modern approach to the practice of their faith.

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Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the representation of another person's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work.

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Rabbi

A rabbi (רַבִּי|translit.

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Rabbinic Judaism

Rabbinic Judaism (יהדות רבנית|Yahadut Rabanit), also called Rabbinism, Rabbinicism, or Rabbanite Judaism, has been the mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE, after the codification of the Babylonian Talmud.

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Rebekah Bettelheim Kohut

Rebekah Bettelheim Kohut (September 9, 1864 – August 11, 1951) was an American educator, writer, and community leader, born in Hungary. Alexander Kohut and Rebekah Bettelheim Kohut are American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent.

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Romani people

The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani and colloquially known as the Roma (Rom), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle.

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Sabato Morais

Sabato Morais (שבתאי מוראיס; April 13, 1823 – November 11, 1897) was an Italian-American rabbi of Portuguese descent, leader of Mikveh Israel Synagogue in Philadelphia, pioneer of Italian Jewish Studies in America, and founder of the Jewish Theological Seminary, which initially acted as a center of education for Orthodox Rabbis. Alexander Kohut and Sabato Morais are 19th-century American rabbis.

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Safed

Safed (also known as Tzfat; צְפַת, Ṣəfaṯ; صفد, Ṣafad) is a city in the Northern District of Israel.

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Salomon Buber

Salomon (or Solomon) Buber (2 February 1827 – 28 December 1906) was a Jewish Galician scholar and editor of Hebrew works.

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Schism in Hungarian Jewry

The Schism in Hungarian Jewry (ortodox–neológ szakadás, "Orthodox-Neolog Schism"; די טיילונג אין אונגארן, trans. Die Teilung in Ungarn, "The Division in Hungary") was the institutional division of the Jewish community in the Kingdom of Hungary between 1869 and 1871, following a failed attempt to establish a national, united representative organization.

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Semitic studies

Semitic studies, or Semitology, is the academic field dedicated to the studies of Semitic languages and literatures and the history of the Semitic-speaking peoples.

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Székesfehérvár

Székesfehérvár (Stuhlweißenburg; Alba Regia;; Serbian: Стони Београд), known colloquially as Fehérvár, is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city.

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Talmud

The Talmud (תַּלְמוּד|Talmūḏ|teaching) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology.

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Tarnowskie Góry

Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz; Tarnowske Gōry) is a town in Silesia, southern Poland, located in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia (Górny Śląsk; Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; Horní Slezsko;; Silesian German: Oberschläsing; Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic.

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Wrocław

Wrocław (Breslau; also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia.

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Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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See also

Hungarian rabbis

Jewish Theological Seminary of America people

People from Kiskunfélegyháza

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kohut

Also known as A. Kohut, Arukh HaShalem, Kohut, Alexander.

, Semitic studies, Székesfehérvár, Talmud, Tarnowskie Góry, United States, Upper Silesia, Wrocław, Yale University.