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Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn

1756 – 1835

German-Jewish writer

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Lived 1756 – 1835 (aged 78–79). Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn was a German writer, pedagogue, philologist and author.

Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn (; 1754 or 1756, in probably Halle – 20 March 1835, in Fürth) was a German-Jewish writer, translator, and Biblical commentator. He was a leading writer of the Haskalah.

Biography He was born in Halle and died in Fürth. He was professor at the at Breslau from 1792 to 1807. After 1807, he became private tutor in Berlin of the sons of the financier Judah Herz Beer, and of Jakob Beer (later known as Giacomo Meyerbeer) in particular. Letters between Jakob Beer and Aron Wolfssohn have been published among the Meyerbeer correspondence.

Besides translating much of the Tanakh into German, he published a Hebrew-German primer (Abtalion), commentaries, essays and the play Leichtsinn und Frömmelei (written in 1796).

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Born
1756, Halle (Saale)
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Also known as
Halle, Aaron b. Wolf‏, Wolfson ( Halle ), Aaron Ben-Wolf, Aaron Wolfsohn

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Who was Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn?

German-Jewish writer

When was Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn born?

Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn was born in 1756 in Halle (Saale).

When did Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn die?

Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn died on 20 March 1835 in Fürth.

What was Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn's occupation?

Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn was a writer, pedagogue, philologist and author.

What nationality was Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn?

Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn

· Wikidata: Q74769

· DBpedia: Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn

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