Sabbattia Joseph Wolff
Sabbattia Joseph Wolff (* September 12, 1757 , other information: September 1756 , in Berlin ; † 1832 , other information 1833 , ibid.) Was a doctor, publicist and Jewish reformer .
Life
Wolff grew up in a nurse's family and was raised religiously. In 1799 he received his doctorate in Frankfurt / Oder, a year later he settled in Berlin as a doctor and practiced until 1826. Between 1792 and 1819 he participated intensively with his writings in the discussions about emancipation and civic improvement of the Jews . As a reformer, he turned against traditionalist Judaism and at the same time against the anti-Judaism of his time.
As early as the late 1780s he met the Jewish philosopher and enlightener Salomon Maimon . In 1813, thirteen years after Maimon's death, Wolff published his Maimonia , an important biographical source on Salomon Maimon to this day.
Wolff died in Berlin in 1832 or 1833.
Works
- Frank thoughts about the proposed improvement of the Jews in the Prussian states / by a Jew with additions of a Christian. Hall 1792.
- Maimoniana, or, Rhapsodies describing Salomon Maimon's: collected from his private life. Berlin 1813.
- Selling out my writing. Berlin 1824. ( digitized and full text in the German text archive )
literature
- Eberhard Wolff: Medicine and Doctors in German Judaism of the Reform Era: The Architecture of a Modern Jewish Identity . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2014.
Web links
- Entry in the German National Library
- Digitized by Freymüthige thoughts about the proposed improvement of the Jews in the Prussian states / by a Jew with additions of a Christian.
- Digitized by Maimoniana, or, rhapsodies describing Salomon Maimon's: collected from his private life.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolff, Sabbattia Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1832 |
| Place of death | Berlin |