Biographical/Historical Information
Isaak Markus Jost was a Jewish historian born in Bernburg into a quite poor family on February 22nd, 1793. He learned at the Samsonschule in Wolfenbuettel, which had been founded as a Talmudic seminary (“talmudische Lehranstalt”) by Philipp Samson and developed into an educational institution for poor German-Jewish children. In 1809, Jost left the Samsonschule and pursued his education in Braunschweig. From 1813 onwards, Jost studied at universities in Goettingen and Berlin. In 1835, he was appointed as a teacher at the Philanthropin School in Frankfurt am Main. Jost was one of the most important German-Jewish historians. His most famous work was his opus magnum, “Geschichte der Israeliten seit der Zeit der Maccabaer” (The History of the Israelites since Maccabean times), which was published in 9 volumes between 1820 and 1829. Isaak Markus Jost died in Frankfurt am Main on November 22nd, 1860.
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Isaak Markus Jost, Leo Baeck Institute, F 14504.