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Meyer Kayserling (17 June 1829 – 21 April 1905) was a German rabbi and historian. ==Life== Kayserling was born in Hanover, and was the brother of writer and educator Simon Kayserling. He was educated at Halberstadt, at Nikolsburg (Moravia) where he studied under Samson Raphael Hirsch, at Prague where he studied under S.J. Rapoport, at Wurzburg where he studied under Seligman Baer Bamberger, and finally at the Humboldt University of Berlin.〔Roth, Cecil. "Kayserling, Meyer." Encyclopaedia Judaica. Ed. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. 2nd ed. Vol. 12. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 42-43. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 14 Oct. 2014.〕 He devoted himself to history and philosophy. Encouraged in historical researches in Berlin by Leopold von Ranke, Kayserling turned his attention to the history and literature of the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula. In 1861 the Aargau government appointed him rabbi of the Swiss Jews, which office he held until 1870. During his residence in Switzerland he argued in favor of civil equality for his coreligionists, both then and later, when civil charges were brought against them. In 1870 he accepted a call as preacher and rabbi to the Jewish community of Budapest. Kayserling was a member of the of Royal Academy in Madrid, of the Trinity Historical Society, and others. He died at Budapest, aged 75. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meyer Kayserling」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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