author
Henri Loeb
b. 1885
A 19th-century rabbi and educator, he is known for writing a history of the Israelites that was later digitized by Project Gutenberg. His life and work connect German, Belgian, and Jewish intellectual history in a compact, fascinating way.
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About the author
Born on October 5, 1805, in Ungstein in the Rhineland, he became a leading Jewish religious figure in Belgium and served as chief rabbi there from 1834 to 1866.
He is associated with Histoire Sainte; ou, Histoire des Israélites, a historical and religious account tracing the story of the Israelites from Creation to the destruction of Jerusalem. The book reflects his interest in making Jewish history and tradition accessible to readers.
Available sources identify him primarily as a rabbi rather than a literary author in the modern sense, and they place his death on January 13, 1890, in Saint-Gilles, Belgium. I could not confirm a suitable portrait image from the sources I checked, so none is included here.