Saul Isaac Kaempf (born at Lissa, Posen, May 6, 1818; died at Prague October 16, 1892) was an Austrian-Bohemian rabbi and Orientalist.
Four years later he entered the University of Halle, took up philosophy and philology, and became one of the favorite pupils of Gesenius.
Two years later he was called to Prague as preacher of the Temple Congregation, succeeding Michael Sachs; he remained there until his retirement in 1890.
In 1850 Kaempf became privat-docent in Semitic languages at the University of Prague, his dissertation being Ueber die Bedeutung des Studiums der Semitischen Sprachen (Prague, 1850); eight years later he was appointed assistant professor of Oriental languages at the same university.
His works include: His collection of prayers for Jewish holidays and festivals, according to the ritual of the Temple Congregation of Prague (ib.