Born in Buczacz (Galicia) where he received an excellent Hebrew and Talmudical education. Going to Jerusalem he came under the influence of Nicolayson, and was baptized by him. He then studied in the Jerusalem Missionary College from 1842-46. Afterwards he was appointed principal of the House of Industry, and then from 1848-55 he laboured as missionary in England. Then he was appointed as head of the model farm at Jaffa*, which office he resigned on account of illness in 1869, and returned to England. Henceforth he devoted himself to literary work, and wrote “Extracts from the Talmud,” 1860; “the Pentateuch according to the Talmud,”Hebrew, 1874; “A Talmudical Miscellany,” 1880; “treasures of the Talmud,” 1882. He died in London, 1888.
*The model farm – a property purchased by Albert Augustus Isaacs, a 2nd generation Jewish believer, born in Jamaica on a coffee plantation of which his father was the owner. 1826-1903; a well known preacher and teacher .
