BRODY, HEINRICH:
Austrian rabbi; born May 21, 1868, at Ungvár, Hungary; descendant of Abraham Broda. Educated in the public schools of his native town, and at the rabbinical colleges of Tolcsva and Presburg, Hungary, Brody also studied at the Hildesheimer Theological Seminary and at the University of Berlin, being an enthusiastic scholar of the Hebrew language and literature.
He was for some time secretary of the literary society Mekiẓe Nirdamim, and in 1896 founded the "Zeitschrift für Hebräische Bibliographie," of which he is coeditor with A. Freiman.
Brody is now (1902) rabbi of the congregation of Nachod, Bohemia. He has taken great interest in the Zionist movement.
Brody is author or editor of the following works: "
, Hebräische Prosodie von Imm. Frances, mit Einleitung und Anmerkungen," Cracow, 1892; "
, Haschlamah zum Talm. Tractat Berachot, von R. Meschullam b. Mose," Berlin, 1893; "
, Beiträge zu Salomo da-Piera's Leben und Wirken," Berlin, 1893; "
, David Cassel's Biographie," Cracow, 1893; "
, Ein Dialog von Imm. Frances," Cracow, 1893; "Offener Brief an Herrn Prof. M. Hartmann," Berlin, 1894; "
, Literarhistor. Mitteilungen," No. 1, Cracow, 1894; "Studien zu den Dichtungen Yehuda ha-Levi's," i.: "Ueber die Metra der Versgedichte," Berlin, 1895;"
, Zehn Gedichte aus dem Dîwân Moses ibn Esra," Leipsic, 1896; "
, Der Dîwân des Yehuda ha-Levi," vols. i. and ii. 1, 1894-1901; "
, Weltliche Gedichte des Abu' Ajjub Soleiman b. Yahja (Solomon) ibn Gabirol," No. 1-2, Berlin, 1897-98; "
, Arnold B. Ehrlichs, Mikra ki-Peschuto Kritisch Beleuchtet," Cracow, 1902; "Mikra Kodesch," 1902.
He has also published, under the assumed name of Dr. H. Salomonsohn, "Widerspricht der Zionismus Unserer Religion?" 1898, and is a contributor to "Ha-Maggid," "Israelitische Monatsschrift," "Magazin für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums," "Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Literatur des Judenthums," "Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums," "Evkönyv," "Ha-Eshkol," "Ha-Shiloaḥ," etc.
