Der Midrasch Kohelet. Zum ersten Male ins Deutsche übertragen.
Leipzig: Otto Schulze, 1880. Softcover. 8vo. xvi. 165 (2)pp. Illustrated wrappers. Illustrated title page. Work on Bible Exegesis (Midrash) of the Book of Ecclesiastes (a.k.a. Kohelet). As stated, translated for the first time into German by renowned Christian Hebraist, August Wünsche (see below). Minor age wear. Minor browning. Otherwise clean and tight. In German. Very good condition. vg. Item #18680
On August Wünsche (Source: Jewish Encyclopedia):
German Christian Hebraist; born at Hainewalde July 22, 1839. He has devoted his attention almost exclusively to rabbinic literature. After completing his commentaries on Hosea (1868) and Joel (1872), he wrote "Neue Beiträge zur Erläuterung der Evangelien aus Talmud und Midrasch" (1878), the most complete collection of the parallel passages of the Talmud and the New Testament since the works of Lightfoot and Schöttgen. In his "Bibliotheca Rabbinica" (Leipsic, 1880-85) he made a German translation of the whole of the Midrash Rabbah and the Midrash to the Five Megillot, and he has also translated haggadic portions of the Jerusalem Talmud (1880) and of the Babylonian Talmud (1886-89), as well as the Pesi?ta (1885) and the Midrash to the Psalms (1891). Smaller works of his are: "Die Rätselweisheit bei den Hebräern" (1883); "Die Freude im Alten Testament" (1896); "Naturbildersprache des Alten Testaments" (1897); and "Die Schönheit der Bibel" (Leipsic, 1905). Together with Winter he compiled the "Geschichte der Jüdischen Litteratur" (3 vols., Leipsic, 1892-95), the best existing anthology of Jewish literature in a modern language.Bibliography: Kürschner, Deutscher Litteratur-Kalender.S. J.
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