Joseph Perl

Josef Perl ( Joseph Perl, born November 10, 1773 in Tarnopol, † October 1, 1839 ) was a pioneer of Jewish Enlightenment in Galicia, also active as a reformer of religion as a reformer in school and education, as well as Hebrew writers (before all satires, in which he fought the Hasidim and proves to be a good character actor ) and patron. He used the pseudonym James Obadiah partially or Ovadyah ben Petahyah.

Works (selection)

• Sefer Megaleh temirin: ki- shemo ken hu: Megaleh devarim asher Hayu ʿ ad ʿ atah ṭemirin ve ne ʿ elamim [" The discovered secrets" ], Vienna, 1819 (, digitized version ) ( satirical attack on the Hasidic font " Schiwchej ha - ba'al Shem tow ", among other things contained legends satirizing. Yiddish published until 1937 ) Dov Taylor ( ed.): Joseph Perl 's Revealer of Secrets. The First Hebrew Novel, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado 1997, ISBN 0-8133-3212-5.