Back, Samuel
BACK, SAMUEL
BACK, SAMUEL (1841–1899), rabbi and scholar. Back, who was born in Galgocz (now Hlohovec, Slovakia), served as rabbi in Prague-Smichov from 1872. He wrote on philosophical, historical, and talmudical subjects. His published works include Josef Albos Bedeutung in der Geschichte der juedi schen Religion-sphilosophie (1869), Das Synhedrion unter Napoleon i (1879), R. Meir ben Baruch aus Rothenburg (1895), Entstehungs geschichte der portugiesischen Gemeinde in Am sterdam und Rabbi Menasse ben Israel (1883), Elischa ben Abuja-Acher (1891), and "Die Fabel in Talmud und Midrash" (in mgwj, vols. 25, 29, 30, 33). Back also published sermons and eulogies as well as articles in learned periodicals.
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