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'''Peter Beer''' (1758-1838) was a German scholar.
'''Peter Beer''' (1758-1838) was an Austrian Jewish scholar.


==Biography==  
==Biography==  

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Peter Beer (1758-1838) was an Austrian Jewish scholar.

Biography

Jewish-Austrian author, educator. Representative of radical Haskalah in Hapsburg Empire. Probably first Jew to hold government appointment (1813). Wrote several works on Jewish history and ethics. Translated Josephus.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

  • Geschichte der Juden, von der Rückkehr aus der babylonischen Gefangenschaft bis zur Zerstörung des zweiten Tempels (Vienna 1808; 2nd ed. 1831).