Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn
Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn(Hebrew:אהרן בן וואָלף מהאללי;1754 or 1756, in probablyHalle– 20 March 1835, inFürth) was aGerman-Jewishwriter, translator, andBiblical commentator.He was a leading writer of theHaskalah.
Biography
[edit]He was born inHalleand died inFürth.He was professor at theKönigliche Wilhelms-SchuleatBreslaufrom 1792 to 1807. After 1807, he became private tutor inBerlinof the sons of the financier Judah Herz Beer, and of Jakob Beer (later known asGiacomo Meyerbeer) in particular. Letters between Jakob Beer and Aron Wolfssohn have been published among the Meyerbeer correspondence.
Besides translating much of theTanakhintoGerman,he published aHebrew-Germanprimer(Abtalion), commentaries, essays and the playLeichtsinn und Frömmelei(written in 1796).
Bibliography
[edit]- Jeremy Dauber (2004),Antonio's Devils: Writers of the Jewish Enlightenment and the Birth of Modern Hebrew and Yiddish Literature.Stanford University Press.ISBN0-8047-4901-9Review of this book
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Singer, Isidore;et al., eds. (1901–1906)."Halle, Aaron ben Wolf".The Jewish Encyclopedia.New York: Funk & Wagnalls.- Kressel, Getzel."Aaron Wolfsohn-Halle".Encyclopaedia Judaica.Cengage.Retrieved13 August2022.
