Solomon Hanau

Solomon Zalman ben Judah Loeb ha-Kohen Hanau (later known by the acronym Raza"h or Zalman Hanau (1687–1746), was a German Jewish expert in Hebrew grammar and critical textual critic of Jewish liturgy and prayer nussach.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Birthplace

Shlomo (Zalman) ben Yehuda Leib Katz was born in Hanau, Germany and lived in part in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Berlin and Hanover. At the age of 21 he composed his first dikduk work, "Binyan Shlomo". Solomon Hanau was fiercely criticized by Jacob Emden, though Emden's father, Tzvi Ashkenazi, authored an approval letter to Solomon Hanau for his textual work. Recent study suggests that Shneur Zalman of Liadi followed many of Solomon's variations when composing his Chabad Nusach of Jewish prayer (Nusach Ari).

Hebrew works

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Speaking Jewish – Speaking Jewish-Jewish Speak: Multilingualism in Western Ashkenazic Culture (Studia Rosenthaliana 36–37) ed. Shlomo Berger, A. Pomerance – 2004 "The other pillar of this innovative tradition, and without doubt its foremost inspirator, was Solomon Zalman ben Judah Loeb ha-Kohen Hanau (1687–1746). Hanau was a travelling scholar who lived, among other places, in Frankfurt am Main "
  2. ↑ Shmuel Feiner, David Jan Sorkin, New perspectives on the Haskalah 2001 "SOLOMON HANAU Rabbi Solomon Zalman b. Judah Loeb Hakohen Hanau (1687–1746) was an auto- didact who contributed to the revival of the study of Hebrew grammar as well as making important claims for the role of grammar in biblical exegesis ..."
  3. ↑ Jewish Encyclopedia ed. Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler 1925 "The grammarian Solomon Hanau was born at Hanau (1687)"
  4. ↑ Israel Zinberg A History of Jewish Literature: The German-Polish cultural center 1975 p149 "Solomon Zalman Hanau – In this respect the difficult life-path of the philologist Solomon Zalman Hanau is highly instructive. Born in Hanau in 1687, Solomon manifested while still in his youth a special interest in that branch of science ..."
  5. ↑ Magne Sæbø Hebrew Bible, Old Testament: The History of its Interpretation, II: From the Renaissance to the Englightenment (9783525539828) 2008 p1009 "Solomon Hanau (1687–1746), a native of Frankfurt am Main who also lived for a time in Amsterdam and other Western European cities, joined other scholars in complaining bitterly about the neglect of Hebrew and its detrimental effect on ..."
  6. ↑ Encyclopaedia Judaica Vol. 8 Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum – 2007 "HANAU, SOLOMON ZALMAN BEN JUDAH LOEB HA-KOHEN MI Pfeiffer, M. Kingreen, Hanauer Juden 1933–1945. Entrechtung, Verfolgung, Deportation (1998). ... Born in 'Hanau where his father served as cantor, Solomon Hanau taught at Frankfurt."
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