Genkel, German Germanovich

German Genkel was born on April 5, 1865 in Bialystok, Grodno Province, in the family of a Prussian officer ( ^[3] . Elder brother of the future biologist Alexander Germanovich Genkel (1872-1927). Graduated from the 7th St. Petersburg Gymnasium (silver medal) and Oriental Department Saint-Petersburg University (1890; 1st degree diploma) in the department of Semitic languages .

After graduation, for 5 years he worked as a “private scholarly consultant in Jewish affairs” in the Department of Foreign Confessions of the Ministry of the Interior , from January 31, 1892 he was ranked as the Ministry of Education ; until 1900 he worked at the Imperial Public Library , where he was engaged in the description of Jewish books and manuscripts. At the same time, he taught at the School at the Reformed Churches and other educational institutions of St. Petersburg.

In 1900 he was sent to the Caucasus; taught in Tiflis and Batumi. In 1911-1913 he was the director of the 1st male Tiflis gymnasium ^[4] . Since 1914 - Director of the Perm Men's Gymnasium . In 1918 he worked in Irkutsk . In 1921-1924 he was a professor and vice-rector of the Institute for Extracurricular Education.

In 1924 he retired. It was published in the appendix to the journal “ Herald of knowledge ”.

In his work he used pseudonyms: G. G .; G — l, G .; D. G. and G. G. - with D. G. Gunzburg ^[5] . Genkel's most important works are devoted to the history of Jewish literature :

• R. Saadia Gaon , the famous Jewish scholar of the X century. Biogr. Essay by Herman Genkel. - SPb .: tip-lit. A.E. Landau, 1895. - 284 p.,
• the first Russian translation from the original language, and not from the Latin language ^{[6] of the} " Jewish Antiquities " by Josephus Flavius (St. Petersburg, 1899);
• Together with J.I. Israelison, Joseph Flavius ​​translated “On the Antiquity of the Jewish People. Against Apion ”(St. Petersburg, 1895).

Ueber die Möglichkeit eines semit. Ursprungs des Dithyrambus ”(St. Petersburg, 1895).

He owns the authorship in the publications:

• German-Russian Dictionary / Comp. G. G. Genkel. - St. Petersburg: Brockhaus-Efron, 1904. - VI, 7-256, [2], 257-496 p .; 13. - (Library of self-education)
• Gods of Japan (A Popular Essay on the Beliefs of the Japanese) / Herman Genkel; With silt. thin Vict. V. Muishel . - St. Petersburg: P.P.Soykin, qualification. 1904. - 52 p. : ill.
• Gems and cameos. Female portraits from the collection of antique miniatures / Prof. Herman Genkel [Fig. artist A. Leo]. - Petrograd: Book, 1922. - 129 p. : ill.

Articles

• He published many articles on the history of Jewish literature in the magazines: Sunrise and Future :
  • “Essays from history are average. Arab. Heb. literature ”
  • “The influence of Mazdaism on the development of Judaism ”,
  • about Solomon ibn Gebirol ,
  • about Behai ibn Pakud and others
• He placed several articles on the history of ancient culture in the journal. " Bulletin and library of self-education " (1903-1904).
• in the "Bulletin of knowledge":
  • The history of material culture. Part 1 (Universe and humanity. Prince 10. - 1928)
  • The history of material culture. Part 2 (Universe and humanity. Prince 11. - 1929)
  • The origin and life of the human language and writing (Prince 11. - 1929)

Translations

Genkel also owns translations:

• Potta , "Introduction to General Linguistics" (St. Petersburg, 1885),
• T. Ziegler , “The History of the Mental and Social Trends of the 19th Century” (St. Petersburg, 1900),
• Bezolda , “The History of Assyria and Babylonia”,
• Gommel , “History of the Ancient East” (appendix to the journal “Bulletin and library of self-education”, 1904-1905)
• Tire repair. Guide for repair and vulcanization workshops, garages and drivers: Per. with him. manuscripts / Herman Genkel; Ed. V. G. Bromley. - M.; L .: Koiz, 1933. - 82, [2] p .: ill.

Fiction

• The novel "The Italian Symphony" ^[7] is a historical novel created at the end of a scientist's life; originally bore the name "Pictures of everyday life of the early Italian Renaissance ." It consists of four parts, the beginning of the story dates back to 1474 . The action takes place from the heyday of the life of Lorenzo Medici until his death. The main figures of the novel are Sandro Botticelli and Pico della Mirandola . To organize a huge and complex historical material, Genkel used the form of the so-called prevailing in German-speaking countries. The Vienna Symphony.
• Historical story “Under the sky of Hellas . The historical story of the VI century BC R. "/ ill. K. N. Friedberg . - St. Petersburg: Edition by A. F. Devrien , 1908. ^[8] - the action takes place in the VI century BC. e. .
• Remaining in the manuscript story from the ancient Greek life, “The Apprentice of Phidias ” .

• Genkel, German Germanovich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1905. - T. add. Ia. - S. 530.
• Genkel, German Germanovich // ENI "Dictionary of pseudonyms" - Names.
• Genkel, German Germanovich / NLR employees - workers of science and culture // Biographical Dictionary, t. 1-4