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Schwab, Mo�se
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or French librarian and author; born at Paris Sept. 18, 1839; educated at the Jewish school and the Talmud Torah at Strasburg. From 1857 to 1866 he was secretary to Salomon Munk; then for a year he was official interpreter at the Paris court of appeals; and since 1868 he has been librarian at the Biblioth�que Nationale in the French capital. In 1880 he was sent by the minister of public instruction to Bavaria and W�rttemberg to make investigations with regard to early Hebrew printing-presses.
Schwab has been a prolific contributor to the Jewish press; and he is the author of the following works, all of which were published in Paris:
- Histoire des Isra�lites (2d ed. 1896).
- Ethnographie de la Tunisie (crowned by the Soci�t� d'Ethnographie).
- 1871-1889. Le Talmud de J�rusalem, Traduit pour la Premi�re Fois en Fran�ais (11 vols.).
- Bibliographie de la Perse (awarded Brunet prize by the Institut de France).
- Litt�rature Rabbinique. Elie del Medigo et Pico de la Mirandole.
- Des Points-Voyelles dans les Langues S�mitiques.
- Elie de Pesaro. Voyage Ethnographique de Venise � Chypre.
- Al-?arisi et Ses P�r�grinations en Orient.
- Les Incunables H�bra�ques et les Premi�res Impressions Orientales du XVIe Si�cle.
- Bibliotheca Aristotelica (crowned by the Acad�mie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres).
- Monuments Litt�raires de l'Espagne.
- Maqr� Dardeq�, Dictionnaire H�breu-Italien du XVe Si�cle.
- Deuxi�me Edition du Trait� des Berakhoth, Traduit en Fran�ais.
- 1896-99. Vocabulaire de l'Ang�lologie.
- 1899-1902. R�pertoire des Articles d'Histoire et de Litt�rature Juive (3 vols.).
- Salomon Munk, Sa Vie et Ses �uvres.
- Rapport sur les Inscriptions H�bra�ques en France.
His most important work is "Le Talmud de J�rusalem," which was commenced in 1867 or 1868, before the appearance of Zecharias Frankel's "Introduction" or of the special dictionaries of the Talmud. The first part appeared in 1871 and was well received, although the critics did not spare Schwab. The latter then sought the cooperation of the leading Talmudists; but he was unsuccessful and had to complete the work alone.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Schwab, Mo�se'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/s/schwab-moa-se.html. 1901.
