Moritz Steinschneider

Moritz Steinschneider
Born(1816-03-30)30 March 1816
Prostějov, Moravia, Austrian Empire
Died24 January 1907(1907-01-24) (aged 90)
Berlin, German Empire

Moritz Steinschneider (Yiddish: משה שטיינשניידער; 30 March 1816 – 24 January 1907) was a Moravian bibliographer and Orientalist, and an important figure in Jewish studies and Jewish history. He is credited as having invented the term antisemitism.

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