Lazarus Goldschmidt (1871-1950), scholar

Lazarus Goldschmidt (1871-1950) was a Lithuanian-born German Jewish scholar. Born and raised in Lithuania, went to Germany in 1888 to study at the University of Berlin with August Dillmann and Eberhard Schrader. Specialized in Oriental languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Ethiopic...), translated 1 Enoch into Hebrew (1892), and the Quran (1916) and the whole Babylonian Talmud into German (1897-1935). To escape racial persecution, moved to England in 1933.

Works

Books

• Die Chronologie des Lebens des Apostels Paulus (1903 Hoennicke), book

• Der Koran (The Qur'an / 1916 Hoennicke), book

• Das Judenchristentum im ersten und zweiten Jahrhundert (1908 Hoennicke), book

• Die Apostelgeschichte (1913 Hoennicke), book

Biography

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References

• JewEnc