
1880 Der Midrasch Kohelet August Wunsche Midrash Koheleth Ecclesiastes Leipzig
Description: This is the 165 page, original, first edition, German translation of the Midrash Rabbah on The megillah called Kohelet of the Ketubim part of the Old Testament Bible. This was the first time it was ever translated into the German language. By Lic. Dr. August Wunsche, a very well respected German Hebraist and teacher. The title page reads: Der Midrasch Kohelet Zum Ersten Male Ins Deutsche Ubertragen von Lic. Dr. August Wunsche. Neue Ausgabe.Condition: Pages are nice, no writing in interior, comes without covers. This is the entire translation of Koheleth into German. Rare. About The AuthorKarl August Wünsche 1838-1912, was born in Hainewalde bei Zittau and died in Dresden. He was a German Christian Hebraist. He devoted his attention almost exclusively to rabbinic literature. After completing his commentaries on the Book of Hosea (1868) and Book of Joel (1872), he wrote Neue Beiträge zur Erläuterung der Evangelien aus Talmud und Midrasch (1878), the most complete collection