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Bergel, Joseph
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Neo-Hebraic writer of the first part of the nineteenth century. He was a private teacher at Prossnitz, Moravia. In 1826 and 1827, he published some articles and poems in the annual "Bikkure ha-'Ittim" (6:40,50; 7:3,123,133,135). The best of these are the articles, "Hash-'arat ha-Nefesh" (The Immortality of the Soul) in 7:3-12, and the poem '"Al ?eber Abi" (On the Grave of My Father) in 7:123. He translated a few of Confucius' sayings into Hebrew from the French.
Bibliography:- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 197;
- Delitzsch, Zur Geschichte der J�dischen Poesie, p. 109.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Bergel, Joseph'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​b/bergel-joseph.html. 1901.