Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport

Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport
שלמה יהודה כהן רפאפורט
Portrait by Antonín Machek
Born	Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport June 1, 1786 Lemberg, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Died	October 15, 1867 (aged 81)
Nationality	Galician, Czech
Occupation(s)	Rabbi, Jewish Scholar
Known for	Founder of the new Wissenschaft des Judentums movement
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Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport (Hebrew: שלמה יהודה כהן רפאפורט; June 1, 1786 – October 15, 1867) was a Galician and Czech rabbi and Jewish scholar. Rapoport was known by an acronym "Shir", שי"ר occasionally שיל"ר, formed by the initial letters of his Hebrew name "Sh"elomo "Y"ehuda "R"apoport. Shir literally means "song" in Hebrew. He was one of the founders of the new Wissenschaft des Judentums movement.