Korn

(Selig), learned German Orientalist of Jewish birth, b. Prague, 26 April, 1804. A convert to Free thought, under the name of “F. Nork,” he wrote many works on mythology which may still be consulted with profit. A list is given in Fuerst’s Bibliotheca Judaica . We mention Christmas and Easter Explained by Oriental Sun Worship , Leipsic, ’36; Brahmins and Rabbins , Wei en, ’36; The Prophet Elijah as a Sun Myth , ’37; The Gods of the Syrians , ’42; Biblical Mythology of the Old and New Testament , 2 vols. Stuttgart, ’42–’43. Died at Teplitz, Bohemia, 16 Oct. 1850.