Joseph Bánóczi
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József Bánóczi was a Hungarian
Jewish scholar.
Bánóczi was educated at the schools of his native town, and afterward at the universities of Budapest
, Vienna
, Berlin, Göttingen, and Leipsic, and then went to Paris
and London
to finish his studies. Bánóczi became in 1878 privat-docent of philosophy at the University of Budapest, in 1879 member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
, and in 1892 member of the Landesschulrath (royal board of education).
Bánóczi also occupied various positions in the Jewish community. From 1877 to 1893 he was professor at the Budapest Jewish Theological Seminary
, and in 1887 he became principal of the Budapest normal school for the education of teachers. In 1896 he was secretary of the Hungarian Society for the Promotion of Jewish Literature, and in 1897 member of the Delegation of Hungarian Jews.
At the insistence of Dr. Beck, the Bucharest
rabbi, Bánóczi and Prof. Wilhelm Bacher
took the necessary steps to save from certain ruin the congregation and schools of the sect of Szekler Sabbatarians
in Transylvania
who converted to Judaism in 1868.
Bánóczi, together with Bernát Alexander, edited the Filozofiai Írók Tára; he also edited Erdélyi's philosophical writings (1885), and the works of Károly Kisfaludy
, 6 vols., 1893.
He was a contributor to the Philosophische Monatshefte and many Hungarian literary magazines, and puoblished papers in the programs of the Normal School for Teachers.
Contributions to Jewish literature:
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
Jewish scholar.
Bánóczi was educated at the schools of his native town, and afterward at the universities of Budapest
University of Budapest
The Eötvös Loránd University or ELTE, founded in 1635, is the largest university in Hungary, located in Budapest.-History:The university was founded in 1635 in Nagyszombat by the archbishop and theologian Péter Pázmány. Leadership was given over to the Jesuits...
, Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
, Berlin, Göttingen, and Leipsic, and then went to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and London
London
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to finish his studies. Bánóczi became in 1878 privat-docent of philosophy at the University of Budapest, in 1879 member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest.-History:...
, and in 1892 member of the Landesschulrath (royal board of education).
Bánóczi also occupied various positions in the Jewish community. From 1877 to 1893 he was professor at the Budapest Jewish Theological Seminary
Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies
The Budapest University of Jewish Studies is a university in Budapest, Hungary. It was opened in 1877, a few decades after the first European rabbinical seminiaries had been built in Padua, Metz, Paris and Breslau...
, and in 1887 he became principal of the Budapest normal school for the education of teachers. In 1896 he was secretary of the Hungarian Society for the Promotion of Jewish Literature, and in 1897 member of the Delegation of Hungarian Jews.
At the insistence of Dr. Beck, the Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
rabbi, Bánóczi and Prof. Wilhelm Bacher
Wilhelm Bacher
Wilhelm Bacher was a Jewish Hungarian scholar, rabbi, Orientalist and linguist, born in Liptó-Szent-Miklós, Hungary to the Hebrew writer Simon Bacher. Wilhelm was himself an incredibly prolific writer, authoring or co-authoring approximately 750 works in an unfortunately short life...
took the necessary steps to save from certain ruin the congregation and schools of the sect of Szekler Sabbatarians
Szekler Sabbatarians
The Szekler Sabbatarians were a religious group in Transylvania and Hungary between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth centuries who held Unitarian and judaizing beliefs.-History:The Magyar...
in Transylvania
Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
who converted to Judaism in 1868.
Bánóczi, together with Bernát Alexander, edited the Filozofiai Írók Tára; he also edited Erdélyi's philosophical writings (1885), and the works of Károly Kisfaludy
Károly Kisfaludy
Károly Kisfaludy was a Hungarian dramatist and artist, brother of Sándor Kisfaludy. He was the founder of the national drama....
, 6 vols., 1893.
He was a contributor to the Philosophische Monatshefte and many Hungarian literary magazines, and puoblished papers in the programs of the Normal School for Teachers.
Works
- Kant's Lehre von Raum und Zeit (1875)
- a translation of G. H. Lewes' "History of Philosophy" into HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
, 3 vols., 1876-78 - Révai Miklós Elete és Munkái, crowned by the Hungarian Royal Academy of Sciences in 1879
- Magyar Romanticismus
- a translation of some of Schopenhauer's works into Hungarian, 1882; 2d ed., 1892
- Emlékbeszéd Greguss Agostról, 1889
- translation of KantKANTKANT is a computer algebra system for mathematicians interested in algebraic number theory, performing sophisticated computations in algebraic number fields, in global function fields, and in local fields. KASH is the associated command line interface...
's Kritik der Reinen VernunftCritique of Pure ReasonThe Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, first published in 1781, second edition 1787, is considered one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy. Also referred to as Kant's "first critique," it was followed by the Critique of Practical Reason and the Critique of Judgement...
into Hungarian jointly with Professor Alexander, 1891 - translation of Jacob BurckhardtJacob BurckhardtCarl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in academia today...
's Cultur der Renaissance in ItalienThe Civilization of the Renaissance in ItalyThe Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy is an 1860 work on the Italian Renaissance by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Together with his History of the Renaissance in Italy it is counted among the classics of Renaissance historiography.English translation by S. G. C...
into Hungarian, 2 vols., 1895-96.
Contributions to Jewish literature:
- A History of the First Decade of the Budapest Jewish Theological Seminary (Hungarian and GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
), 1888 - ed., jointly with W. Bacher, the Hungaro-Jewish Review ("Magyar Zsidó Szemle"), 7 vols., 1884-90
- ed., also with Bacher, Eokönyo, the year-book of the Hungarian Society for the Promotion of Jewish Literature, 3 vols., 1897-99.