Joseph Oppenheim, zum weissen Löwen

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 13 2018, 6:32:14 UTC

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Tombstone Inscription:

Joswel Oppenheim Here is buried a man the wise and insightful in the country, he, Joseph the master over the country, the chief and leader who deals all his days with community concerns faithful, a fertile rice, Josef, at the source ... Avraham Josef, son of the master, Lord Judah, the memory of the righteous is a blessing. ....

Comments by Steinheim Institute:

Dating died and buried in 1598? Died, around 1598 (?) Unfortunately, the stone has sunk and the lines with the date of death are not accessible. Ho ranks this inscription among the undated ones. Why he did not read the date cannot be determined today. Do the dots at the end of the Ho copy indicate that the stone was sunk back then? or was the date already weathered at the time, or was it tricky? ET specifies the year of death around 1598, Dietz writes 1593. The shape of the stone indicates that both are not far from the actual year of death, but who lies farther? Zl 3a: gene 41.38; said to Joseph by Pharaoh. So this verse plays in the name of the deceased. Zl4: Gen 42,6, also said about the biblical Joseph. Zln 5b / 7a: ShemR 6.2. Zln 7b / 8a: gene 49.22; Jacob's blessing for Josef, again an allusion to the name of the deceased. Perhaps this verse particularly refers to his seven children. Abbreviation Not to be identified; Sentence separator: double diamond.

Stylistic device Rhyme to -arez in Zln 3/4 and maybe to -nah in Zln 7 and (the sunken) Zl 8.

Tombstone description Dimensions (80) x 104 x 20 cm Description Rectangular stele with a fluted frame. The title block ends trapezoidally. Above it a header with the everyday name of the deceased. Condition The stone has partially sunken. The right middle area of ​​the title block is damaged.

About the person: Joswel Oppenheim married around 1571 and lived in the White Lion house. According to Dietz, he and his brother Mosche have been named trading partners since 1575 and pay the highest tax in 1590, their capital was estimated at 160,000 guilders.

About the family Father: Löb Oppenheim to the giant in Worms, died in Worms? (ET 1572 or 73) mother: Sorlin (ET around 1580), maybe identical to Riwka Serlen T. Meir Hakohen (No. ffb-0760 , Ho 277, ET 23.I.1579) wife: Bella T. Meir (No. ffb-0688 , Ho 431, ET 9.III.1610) Children: Löb, who died in 1634 (not with Ho, ET 20.III.1634); Meir, who was baptized with his children and henceforth was called Joh. Daniel Liechtenstein (ET around 1640?); Edel Grotwol (No. ffb-0421 , Ho 792, ET 2.XI.1654). Of the seven children, four are not known by name.

Sources / secondary literature ET around 1598 Dietz, p. 211 Ho 5592 HoNam p. 727: Oppenheim Josbel HoEd: Zl 1 יוזבל אפנהיים, in the text יוזביל אופנהיים. Zl 2 פ״ט, in the text פה טמון. Zl 5 ומנהיג, in the text והמנהיג. HoSt 796