Jacob Israel Emden
Jacob Israel Emden [1]
a Jewish writer of Germany, was born in 1696, and died at Altona in 1776. He is the author of numerous treatises, among which are, בית אל , a ritual for the whole year (Altonra, 1745, 4 parts, and often; latest ed. Lemberg, 1860): — A Life of Jon. Eybenschftz, entitled, בית יהונתן (Altona, 1752):- מטפחת ספרים , The Wrapper Of Books (ibid. 1763); a critique on the Sohar: — צצים ופרחים On the Fundamental Doctrines of the Cabala (ibid. 1756): — תורת הקנאות , A Collection Of Accounts Referring To Sabbathai Zewi, His Pupils And Adherents (ibid. 1752; Lemberg, 1870). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:240 sq.; Gritz, Geschichte Der Juden, 10:396 sq.; Ginsburg, The Kabbalah, page 141 sq.; Jost, Geschichte Des Judenthums U.S. Sekten, 3:194, 252,308; Furst, Jacob Emden, In Literaturbl. Des Orients, 1846, c. 442; also the art. Eybenschutz. (BP )
