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Adolf Jellinek. Zeitstimmen vol.2 Wien 1871. German Judaica

(Hebrew: אהרן ילינק Aharon Jelinek; 1821 in Drslavice, Moravia – 28 December 1893 in Vienna) was an Austrian rabbi and scholar. After filling clerical posts in Leipzig (1845–1856), he became a preacher at the Leopoldstädter Tempel in Vienna in 1856.

Life and work
He was associated with the promoters of the Wissenschaft des Judentums, and wrote on the history of the Kabbalah[1] in the tradition of Western scholarship. Jellinek is also known for his work in German on Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia, one of the earliest students of Kabbalah who was born in Zaragoza in capital of the Kingdom of Aragon in 1240. Jellinek’s bibliographies (each bearing the Hebrew title Qontres) were useful compilations, but his most important work lay in three other directions: midrashic, psychological and homiletic.