Meir Obernik (Hebrew: מאיר אברניק; 1764 – 6 November 1805) was a writer and Biblical commentator of the Biurist movement.

Meir Obernik
Born1764 (1764)
Died6 November 1805(1805-11-06) (aged 40–41)
Vienna, Austrian Empire
LanguageHebrew

Obernik contributed to the Me'assef a great number of fables, and was one of the most active of the Biurists. He translated into German the Books of Joshua and Judges, adding a short commentary (bi'ur), and (with Samuel Detmold [Wikidata]) the Book of Samuel. The translation of the whole Tanakh, with the bi'ur, was edited by Obernik under the title of Minḥah ḥadashah (Vienna, 1792–1806).[1][2]

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSeligsohn, M. (1905). "Obornik (Obernik), Meïr". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 371.

  1. ^ Zeitlin, William (1890). "Obornik, Meïr". Bibliotheca hebraica post-Mendelssohniana (in German). Leipzig: K. F. Koehler's Antiquarium. pp. 255–256, 478.
  2. ^ Steinschneider, Moritz (1852–60). "Obernik (Meir)". Catalogus Librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana (in Latin). Berlin: A. Friedlaender. p. 2077.