Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn

Deceased Person

1754 – 1835

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Who was Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn?

Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn was a German Jew, a translator and commentator of the Tanakh and a leading writer of the Haskalah. He was born in Halle and died in Fürth. He was professor at the Königliche Wilhelmsschule at Breslau from 1792 to 1807. He translated much of the Tanakh into German, as well as a Hebrew-German primer, commentaries, essays and a play Leichtsinn und Frömmelei.

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Born
1754
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • Germany
Lived in
  • Halle
Died
Mar 20, 1835

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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