Gotthold Salomon
German rabbi and politician
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| Intro | German rabbi and politician | |
| Places | Germany | |
| was | Translator Rabbi Bible translator | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Birth | 1 November 1784, Sandersleben | |
| Death | 17 November 1862Hamburg (aged 78 years) |
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Gotthold Salomon (November 1, 1784, Sandersleben (Anhalt-Dessau) — November 17, 1862, Hamburg ) was a German Jewish rabbi, politician and Bible translator.
Following on the work of Moses Mendelssohn, Gotthold Salomon was the first Jew to translate the complete Old Testament into High German, under the title Deutsche Volks- und Schulbibel für Israeliten (1837) ("German People's and School Bible for Israelites"). He served as preacher in the Hamburg Temple, and partook in the public dispute around it in 1841.