August Friedrich Gfrörer (1803-1861), scholar
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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
- Geschichte des jüdischen Krieges <German> (Stuttgart 1836)
- Geschichte des Urchristenthums. Band1: Das Jahrhundert des Heiles <German> (Stuttgart 1838)