Hermann Tietz (rabbi)
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Hermann Tietz was a German rabbi
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He was educated at the University of Berlin (Ph.D. Halle). He was rabbi in Schrimm, and from 1888 was a Stiftrabbiner and teacher in the bet ha-midrash at Inowrazlaw. He published Das Hohe Lied, translated in verse, and with notes according to the Midrash
(Berlin, 1878); and Megillat Eka, with a metrical translation and a Hebrew
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, under the title Zikron Yehudah (Schrimm, 1881).
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
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He was educated at the University of Berlin (Ph.D. Halle). He was rabbi in Schrimm, and from 1888 was a Stiftrabbiner and teacher in the bet ha-midrash at Inowrazlaw. He published Das Hohe Lied, translated in verse, and with notes according to the Midrash
Midrash
The Hebrew term Midrash is a homiletic method of biblical exegesis. The term also refers to the whole compilation of homiletic teachings on the Bible....
(Berlin, 1878); and Megillat Eka, with a metrical translation and a Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
commentary
Close reading
Close reading describes, in literary criticism, the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of text. Such a reading places great emphasis on the particular over the general, paying close attention to individual words, syntax, and the order in which sentences and ideas unfold as they...
, under the title Zikron Yehudah (Schrimm, 1881).