August Dillmann (1823-1894), German scholar
August Dillmann (1823-1894) was a German scholar.
Biography
August Dillmann was a German orientalist and biblical scholar. Began his career as a student at the University of Tübingen. Revived the study of Ethiopic, cataloging mss. in Paris, London and Oxford. Was professor at the Universities of Tübingen, Kiel, Giessen, and finally Berlin. Gave crucial contribution to the rediscovery of OT Jewish pseudepigrapha.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- Liber Henoch aethiopice (1851 Dillmann), book
- Das Buch Henoch übersetzt und erklärt (1853 Dillmann), book
- Mashafa kufale sive Liber Jubilaeorum... aethiopice (1859 Dillmann), book
- Das Buch der Jubiläen; oder, Die kleine Genesis (1874 Dillmann, Rönsch), book