Michael Levi Rodkinson
Michael Levi Rodkinson | |
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| Born | Michael Levi Frumkin 1845 Dubrovno, Russian Empire |
| Died | 4 January 1904 (aged 58–59) New York City, New York, United States |
| Pen name | Shulem Varhaft (שלום ווארהאפט) |
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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.