Abraham Geiger
Rabbi, Author
1810 – 1874
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Who was Abraham Geiger?
Abraham Geiger was a German rabbi and scholar who led the founding of Reform Judaism. He sought to remove all nationalistic elements from Judaism, stressing it as an evolving and changing religion.
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- Born
- May 24, 1810
Frankfurt - Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Bonn
- Employment
- Editor in Chief, Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für jüdische Theologie
(1835 - 1847)
- Editor in Chief, Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für jüdische Theologie
- Died
- Oct 23, 1874
Berlin
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on July 23, 2013
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