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Lot #    13197
Auction End Date    1/24/2006 12:32:30 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Stimmen der aeltesten glaubwuerdigsten Rabbinen
Author    [Only Ed.] R. Abraham Alexander Wolff
City    Leipzig
Publisher    Leopold Schnauss
Publication Date    1857
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. 76 pp., 185:114 mm., wide margins, usual light age and damp staining, stamps. A very good copy bound in contemporary marbled paper boards, rubbed.
          
Detailed
Description		    R. Abraham Alexander Wolff (1801–1891), chief rabbi of Copenhagen. Born in Darmstadt, Germany, he graduated from the University of Giessen in 1821, writing for his dissertation Der Prophet Habakkuk (Darmstadt, 1822). Some years later he wrote Torat Yisrael, a textbook on Judaism which was translated into Dutch, Danish, and Swedish. After serving in the rabbinate of Giessen for two years, in 1828 he was appointed chief rabbi in Copenhagen, continuing in office for over 62 years. During this period, R. Wolff, who combined the traditional spirit with a modern outlook, had a decisive influence in shaping the character of the Denmark community. He succeeded in reconciling the traditional and liberal parties. In the new synagogue, built on his initiative in 1833, Wolff was able to unify the disintegrated community. He instituted the traditional services with revisions, accompanied by a sermon. Many of his sermons have been published. He provided a Danish translation of the prayer book (1856) and translated the Pentateuch and haftarot (1891–94, part published posthumously). In Talmudfjender (1878) he replied to attacks by some Danish clergymen on the Jews and Judaism. Wolff also wrote Bibelhistorie for Skole og Hjem (1867), a biblical history for Jewish school and home use, and defended his innovations in the ritual in Ateret Shalom ve-Emet, or Stimmen der aeltesten glaubwuerdigsten Rabbinen ueber die Pijutim (1857). He was awarded the title of professor and created a Knight of the Order of Danebrog.
          
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19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Germany:    Checked
  
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Language:    German
  
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Kind of Judaica