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197: 20: 115:"I came to the house of the learned master, the great and wonderful and exceedingly demanding of the perfection of the wisdom... the famous preacher in the great and glorious city of Hamburg, he is called by his good name the professor Dr. Yohanan Christon Wolf, may God, in his mercy, prolong his days in goodness and comfort ". 76:(4 vols., Hamburg, 1715–33), the first volume of which contains a list of Jewish authors, while the second deals with the subject matter under the headings "Bible," "Talmud," "Cabala," etc. The knowledge of Christendom about the 72:
At this time the Oppenheimer Collection was housed at Hamburg, and Wolf determined to devote himself to a description of Jewish literature based upon this collection. His researches resulted in
69:, and others. He especially occupied himself with the study of Oriental languages and literature, of which he became professor at the Hamburg gymnasium in 1712. 102:
Wolf owned a large library of 25,000 volumes, books and oriental manuscripts. Among other things, he acquired the collection of the Frankfurt councillor
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was for nearly a century and a half derived from Wolf's statements. Vol. iii. is a supplement to vol. i.; vol. iv. to vol. ii.
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Wolf was well respected by jewish rabby's and scholars. For example, Rabbi
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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German Christian Hebraist, polyhistor and collector of books
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Catalogus Librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana
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Curae philologicae et criticae in Novum Testamentum
226: 18: 227: 255:German book and manuscript collectors 13: 14: 281: 119: 113:visited at his library and said: 220:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 195: 147:michnat chachamim, Preface p. 4 83:Wolf's work forms the basis of 141: 104:Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach 1: 134: 7: 10: 286: 162:, 1859, pp. xviii. et seq. 160:Bibliographisches Handbuch 46:, and collector of books. 208:"Wolf, Johann Christoph" 260:People from Wernigerode 217:The Jewish Encyclopedia 30:(February 21, 1683, at 214:; et al. (eds.). 24: 156:Moritz Steinschneider 28:Johann Christoph Wolf 23:Johann Christoph Wolf 22: 87:'s catalogue of the 34:– July 25, 1739, at 265:People from Hamburg 250:Christian Hebraists 177:Bibliotheca Judaica 74:Bibliotheca Hebræa 40:Christian Hebraist 25: 270:German Christians 99:(Hamburg, 1721). 55:Campeius Vitringa 277: 221: 199: 198: 165:Steinschneider, 148: 145: 97:Notitia Karæorum 89:Bodleian Library 59:Willem Surenhuis 285: 284: 280: 279: 278: 276: 275: 274: 245:German scholars 225: 224: 212:Singer, Isidore 196: 183:John McClintock 152: 151: 146: 142: 137: 122: 93:Hebrew lexicons 67:Jacques Basnage 38:) was a German 17: 12: 11: 5: 283: 273: 272: 267: 262: 257: 252: 247: 242: 237: 223: 222: 193: 180: 170: 163: 150: 149: 139: 138: 136: 133: 132: 131: 121: 120:Selected works 118: 85:Steinschneider 63:Adriaan Reland 49:He studied at 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 282: 271: 268: 266: 263: 261: 258: 256: 253: 251: 248: 246: 243: 241: 238: 236: 233: 232: 230: 219: 218: 213: 209: 203: 202:public domain 194: 192: 188: 184: 181: 178: 174: 171: 168: 164: 161: 157: 154: 153: 144: 140: 130:Basilee 1741. 129: 128: 124: 123: 117: 116: 112: 107: 105: 100: 98: 94: 90: 86: 81: 79: 75: 70: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 47: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 21: 215: 190: 187:James Strong 176: 173:Julius Fürst 166: 159: 143: 126: 114: 108: 101: 96: 82: 73: 71: 48: 27: 26: 240:1739 deaths 235:1683 births 111:Moses hagiz 32:Wernigerode 229:Categories 169:col. 2730; 135:References 51:Wittenberg 179:iii. 528 44:polymath 204::  36:Hamburg 78:Talmud 210:. In 185:and 231:: 189:, 175:, 158:, 106:. 65:, 61:, 57:, 42:,

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Wernigerode
Hamburg
Christian Hebraist
polymath
Wittenberg
Campeius Vitringa
Willem Surenhuis
Adriaan Reland
Jacques Basnage
Talmud
Steinschneider
Bodleian Library
Hebrew lexicons
Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach
Moses hagiz
Curae philologicae et criticae in Novum Testamentum
Moritz Steinschneider
Julius Fürst
John McClintock
James Strong
public domain
"Wolf, Johann Christoph"
Singer, Isidore
The Jewish Encyclopedia
Categories
1683 births
1739 deaths
German scholars
Christian Hebraists

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