Oski, Reuben (also called Hoschke), a rabbi at Prague, where he died in 1673, is the author of ראוּבֵנַי יִלקוּט, a manual for preachers, containing in alphabetical order certain loci communes, compiled from different authors, of which only the first part has been published (Prague, 1660; Hamburg, 1712), while the second part is yet in MS. in the Oppenheimeriana: יִלקוּט ראוּבֵנַי הִגָּדוֹל, a Cabalistic Midrash on the Pentateuch, with large extracts from the Mekiltha, Pesikta, Zohar, and other Cabalistic works (Wilmersdorf, 1681; Amsterd. 1700; Lemberg, 1860; Amsterd. 1870, fol.); which however must be distinguished from the יִלקוּט ofR. Simeon Cara (q.v.): — דָּבָר שֶׁבַקַדוּשָׁה, an introduction to the subject of asceticism (Sulzbach, 1684): — and עֹנֶג שִׁבָּת, Cabalistic observations on the ritual for the Sabbath. — See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:412 sq.; De Rossi, Dizionario storico degli autori Ebrei, p. 254 (Germ. transl. by Hamburger); Etheridge, Introduction to Heb. Literatur e, p. 419; Zunz, Zur Geschichte u. Literatur, p. 402; Steinschneider, Jewish Literature, p. 223. (B. P.)
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More