August Dillmann (1823-1894), German scholar
August Dillmann (1823-1894) was a German scholar.
Biography
German orientalist and biblical scholar. Revived the study of Ethiopic, cataloging mss. in Paris, London and Oxford. Professor at Tübingen, Kiel, Giessen, and Berlin. Gave crucial contribution to the rediscovery of 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