Wolf Heidenheim
Wolf (Benjamin Se'ew) Heidenheim (* 1757 in Heidenheim , Franconia ; † February 23, 1832 in Rödelheim , today Frankfurt am Main ) was a German-Jewish scholar and printer.
Live and act
Wolf Heidenheim was born in Heidenheim (today's Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district ) in 1757 . He attended the rabbinical school in Fürth and continued his studies under Rabbi Nathan Adler in Frankfurt, where he made the acquaintance of Wolf Breidenbach and Salomo Dubno , among others .
In 1788 he settled in Offenbach , where he Abraham ibn Ezra Mosnajim , the Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos ', Rashi , Raschbams , Norzis issued and own comments. In 1799 he founded a printing company with Baruch Baschwitz in Rödelheim near Frankfurt. When he published the Machsor , the prayer book for Jewish holidays , the next year , he relied on historical German and Italian sources that go back to 1258. Other historically well-founded editions of the Siddur (prayer book for days of the week and Sabbath), the Pentateuch, a Hebrew grammar and works on the philosophy of religion followed.
With his grammatical- masoretic studies and correct text editions, Heidenheim significantly encouraged criticism and exegesis of the Bible. Many of his works remained unpublished, and most of his manuscripts were acquired by the Bodleian Library in Oxford .
literature
- Seligmann Baer : Heidenheim, Wolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 300 f.
- Heinz Mosche Graupe: Heidenheim, Benjamin Wolf, Massoret. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 248 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Louis Lewin: On the centenary of Wolf Heidenheim's death. Died on February 23, 1832. In: Monthly for the history and science of Judaism . Vol. 76 (1932), pp. 1-16 ( digitized version ).
- Ernst Roth (Red.): Dedicated to the memory of Wolf Heidenheim on the occasion of the 150th day of his death, 23rd Adar 5742th Rabbinical Conference , Frankfurt am Main 1982.
- Encyclopedia Judaica . Volume 8.2, pp. 258 f.
- Heidenheim, Wolf. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 10: Güde – Hein. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-22690-X , pp. 304-310.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolf Heidenheim in the JCS University Library Frankfurt am Main: Digital Collections Judaica
- Literature by and about Wolf Heidenheim in the catalog of the German National Library
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heidenheim, Wolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heidenheim, Wolf Ben Simson; Heidenheim, Wolf Ben-Simsôn; Heidenheim, Benjamin Wolf; Heidenheim, Simon Wolf; Heidenheim, Wolf b. Samson; Heidenheim, Wolf Benjamin Ze'ev; Haydenhaym, Wolf ben Simson; Haydenhaym, Wolf ba "r Simson; me-Haydenheim, Wolf ben Simson; me-Haydenhaym, Wolf ben Simson; Haydenhaym, Wolf ben Simson; Haydenhaym, Wolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German scholar of the Jewish faith |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidenheim (Middle Franconia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1832 |
| Place of death | Rödelheim |