Esaias Levison

Esaias Levison
Born	(1803-04-22)April 22, 1803 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	March 23, 1891(1891-03-23) (aged 87) Copenhagen, Denmark
Resting place	Møllegade Jewish Cemetery[1]
Spouse	Frederikke Bendix ​ (m. 1831)​ [2]
Children	Olivia Levison

Esaias Levison (April 22, 1803 – March 23, 1891) was a Danish educator and author.

Biography

Esaias Levison was born into a Jewish family in Copenhagen in 1803. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1823. The following year, Levison began working as a tutor at a Jewish school in Copenhagen, a position he held until two years before his death.

Over his career, Levison authored several religious and educational works, including a Jewish prayer book containing Hebrew text alongside a Danish translation (1833). He also translated Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel Paul Clifford into Danish. From 1837 to 1838, he served as co-editor of the Danish political periodical Borgervennen, to which he contributed several articles.

The University of Kiel awarded him an honorary Ph.D. degree in 1837.

Selected publications

• Kortfattet Forklaring over Lærebogen i Religionen for Ungdommen af den Mosaiske Troesbekjendelse. Copenhagen: H. I. Bings Forlag. 1825.
• Bibelske Fortællinger. Copenhagen: L. J. Jacobsen. 1827.
• Israelitisk Bønnebog paa Hebraisk og Dansk. 1833.
• Paul Clifford. En Fortælling af E. L Bulwer. Copenhagen. 1834.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; Cramer, Frank (1904). "Levison, Esaias". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 46.

1. "Tombstone nb. 2514-1". The Jewish Cemetery in Mollegade (Cph.). Archived from the original on December 31, 2024.
2. Erslew, Thomas Hansen (1847). Almindeligt forfatterlexicon for Kongeriget Danmark: med tilhörende bilande fra för 1814 til 1840 (in Danish). Vol. 2. Copenhagen. p. 132.