É. Apor (ed.): David Kaufmann Memorial Volume: Papers Presented at the David Kaufmann Memorial Conference, November 29, 1999, Budapest.
ORMOS, István: David Kaufmann and his Collection
DAVID KAUFMANN AND HIS COLLECTION Religious Philosophy of the Jews ( Geschichte der jüdischen Religionsphilosophie ) (up to Saadia al-Fayyumi. Selected chapters of the Talmud, a critical analysis of Sefer Yezira , of the Alfabetmidrash of R. Aqiba and of Shiur Qoma. One hour per week), Homiletics (The theory of Jewish sermon, homiletical exercises. One hour per week). 2. In the lower course of the Gymnasium (the Gymnasium had a lower and a higher course; Kaufmann did not teach in the latter): Second Year: Greek (Conclusion of morphology on the basis of the school-grammar of Curtius and Schenkl's Exercises. Three hours per week), German (together with the Third Year) (Goethe's Iphigenie , the public delivery of a lecture on a freely chosen subject every week, German exercises. Two hours per week); Fourth Year: German (Selected chapters of Lessing's Hamburgische Dramaturgie, Exercises in the public delivery of works on freely chosen subjects, German essays. Two hours per week); Fifth Year: German (History of German literature after Kluge's Introduction, German essays and exercises. Two hours per week). His weekly load seems to have been no less than sixteen hours! 1 6 Without going into further details we may add that he changed the subjects of his German and Greek classes from year to year - it may be noted that in the following school-year 1882-1883 in his course "Jewish History" he spoke on the disciples of Isaac ibn Ghayyat and Isaac ibn Albalia, the poets of Yehuda Halevi's circle and gave an introduction into medieval Hebrew metrics and poetry. In the course "Philosophy of Religion" he spoke on Maimuni's teaching on the causes of ceremonial laws, More Nebuchim iii, 25sqq., with special regard to the two Hebrew translations. In his course "History of the Religious Philosophy of the Jews" he lectured on the beginnings of the scholarly activities of the Jews under the influence of the Arabs, the first commentaries to Sefer Yezira and the achievements of the Karaites in the philosophy of religion before Saadia. 1 7 In the following school-year 1883-1884 in the course "Jewish History" he spoke on Abraham ibn Ezra's life and activities, the history of the Karaites in Spain, the Jews in Christian Spain, and gave instructions in the perusal of historical sources and in the historical treatment of medieval Jewish poetry. In his course "Philosophy of Religion" he spoke on Yehuda Halevi's Kuzari with special regard to the Arabic original and the commentaries by Yaqob ibn Hayyim Farissol and Yehuda Moscato. His course "History of the Religious Philosophy of the Jews" treated the following subjects: the influence of the Mu'tazila upon the Karaites and Rabbanites, Yosef al-Basir's works, selected chapters of the original of his Muhtawi, the beginnings of scholarly activities 1 6 A budapesti Országos Rabbiképző-Intézet Értesítője az 1881-1882-iki tanévről. Budapest 1882. 2-8. Jahresbericht der I.andes-Rabbinerschule in Budapest für das Schuljahr 18811882. Budapest 1882. 3-8. 1 7 A budapesti Országos Rabbiképző-Intézet Értesítője az 1882-1883-iki tanévről. Budapest 1883. 4. Jahresbericht der Landes-Rabbinerschule in Budapest für das Schuljahr 1882-1883. Budapest 1883. 4-5. 129
