Michael Levi Rodkinson

Michael Levi Rodkinson
Born
Michael Levi Frumkin

1845 (1845)
Dubrovno, Russian Empire
Died4 January 1904(1904-01-04) (aged 58–59)
New York City, New York, United States
Pen nameShulem Varhaft (שלום ווארהאפט)
Relatives

Michael Levi Rodkinson (1845 – January 4, 1904) was a Jewish scholar, an early Hasidic historiographer and an American publisher. Rodkinson is known for being the first to translate the Babylonian Talmud to English. Rodkinson’s literary works cover topics in Hasidic historiography as well as Judaic studies associated with the Haskalah movement.

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