August Friedrich Gfrörer (1803-1861), scholar
August Friedrich Gfrörer (1803-1861) was a German scholar.
Biography
By making use of all the sources then available, including the Pseudepigrapha, produced one of the first valuable attempt at a systematic presentation of the "Jewish background" of the New Testament,
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- Philo und die judisch-alexandrinische Theosophie (1831 Gfrörer), book
- Geschichte des jüdischen Krieges <German> (Stuttgart 1836)
- Geschichte des Urchristenthums. Band1: Das Jahrhundert des Heiles <German> (Stuttgart 1838)