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David Moses Mitzkun

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David Moses Mitzkun
BornMay 1836 (1836-05)
DiedJuly 23, 1887 (1887-07-24) (aged 51)
Vilna, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
LanguageHebrew
Literary movementHaskalah

David Moses Mitzkun (Hebrew: דוד משה בן קלמן מיצקון; May 1836 – July 23, 1887) was a Russian Hebraist.[1] He was a writer of Hebrew prose and poetry, and maintained himself chiefly by teaching Hebrew. A collection of his Hebrew poems entitled Kinnor David was published in Vilna in 1863.[2]

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainRosenthal, Herman; Raisin, J. S. (1904). "Mitzkun, David Moses". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 623.

  1. ^ Rabinowitz, Shaul Pinchas (1887). Keneset Yiśraʾel: sefer shenati la-Torah ṿela-teʻudah. Warsaw: Defus Efrayim Boymritter ve-ḥatano Naftali Gonshor. p. 363.
  2. ^ Sheler, Ahuva (2008). Avraham Uri Kovner: The Beginning of Modern Criticism in Hebrew Literature (PDF) (Thesis) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University. pp. 99ff.