Heinrich Gross (rabbi)
Heinrich Gross,written also asHenri Gross(bornSzenicz,Hungarian Kingdom,nowSenica,Slovakia,6 November 1835; died 1910), was a German rabbi. He was a pupil in rabbinical literature ofJudah Aszod.[1]
After graduating from the Breslau seminary and from theUniversity of Halle,where he received his Ph.D. in 1866; his thesis onLeibnizobtained the university prize, he was engaged as a private teacher by BaronHorace Günzburgat Paris. During a residence of two years in that city Gross, collected in theBibliothèque Nationalethe material for his workGallia Judaica.In 1869, he went to Berlin, where he associated withLeopold Zunz,whose methods of research he admired and adopted. In 1870, he was called to the rabbinate ofGross-Strelitz,Silesia.From 1875 he was rabbi ofAugsburg.[1]
Gross's activity in the domain of literary history, especially of that of the French Jews of the Middle Ages, was extensive. HisGallia Judaica(Paris, 1897), which deals with the medieval geography and literary history of the Jews of France, became a standard work.[1]
Gross also enriched Jewish scientific periodicals with valuable contributions. Of these the most noteworthy are:[1]
- "Abraham ben David aus Posquières, ein Literarhistorischer Versuch," in "Monatsschrift,"1873-74
- "Zur Geschichte der Juden in Arles," ib. 1878, 1879, 1880
- "Eliezer ben Joel ha-Levi, ein Literarhistorischer Versuch," ib. 1885, 1886
- "Jehudah Sir Leon aus Paris: Analekten," in "Magazin,"1877, 1878, iv. 174, v. 179
- "Etude sur Simson ben Abraham de Sens," in "R. E. J."1883.[1]
Gross was also the author of "Lehrbuch der Israelitischen Religion für die Oberen Klassen der Mittelschulen."[1]
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Isidore Singer,Isaac Broydé(1901–1906)."GROSS, HEINRICH".InSinger, Isidore;et al. (eds.).The Jewish Encyclopedia.New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
