Salomon Frensdorff
Salomon Frensdorff (born February 24, 1803 or 1804 in Hamburg , † March 23, 1880 in Hanover ) was a German orientalist and Jewish Hebraist who stood out primarily through his research on the Massora .
From 1830 to 1834 he studied philosophy, philology and natural sciences as well as the Jewish religion in Bonn . His fellow students included Samson Raphael Hirsch and Abraham Geiger . In 1834 he moved to Frankfurt am Main to continue studying with Franz Joseph Molitor . He graduated in 1837.
His first position was that of a senior teacher at the Jewish religious school in Hanover. In 1846 he received his doctorate at the University of Kiel , in 1848 he became a lecturer at the educational institute for Jewish teachers in Hanover.
Frensdorf further developed the Masora magna and created a dictionary for this purpose, which served to put the Massretic information into an alphabetical order, with the associated Massoretic comment and its location within the printed Massorah being given for each word form. Frensdorff had thus linked the work of Jacob Ben Chajim and Felix Pratensis and based their printed editions of the Massorah within the Mikraot Gedolot and the first and second Rabbinical Bible 1517/1524. In 1876 Frennsdorff published his work Die Massora magna based on the oldest prints with reference to old manuscripts, 1st part .
Publications (selection)
- (under the pseudonym R. Moses Punctator) Fragments from the punctation and accent theory of the Hebrew language , Helwing, Hanover 1847 ( digitized ).
- Okhlah ṿe-okhlah: ṿe-hu ḥibur meha-masorah ha-gedolah…: nimtsa bi-khetav [Edition of an anonymous compilation of masoretic notes known since the 10th century under the title אָכְלָה וְאָכְלָה], Hahn, Hannover 1861, and others. a. ( Digitized version ).
- The Massora magna, according to the oldest prints with the addition of old manuscripts ; 1st part: The Massora in alphabetical order; Hanover 1876 ( digitized version ).
literature
- Carl Gustav Adolf Siegfried: Frensdorff, Salomon . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 737-739.
- Salomon Wininger : Large Jewish National Biography Volume II, Chernivtsi 1927, page 309 f.
Web links
- Isidore Singer, Henry Malter: Frensdorff, Solomon. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frensdorff, Salomon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1803 or February 24, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1880 |
| Place of death | Hanover |