Background
He was born on 1754 or 1756, in probably Halle.
writer translator and commentator
He was born on 1754 or 1756, in probably Halle.
He was professor at the Konigliche Wilhelmsschule at Breslau from 1792 to 1807. He translated much of the Tanakh into German, as well as a Hebrew-German primer (Abtalion), commentaries, essays and a play Leichtsinn und Frommelei (written in 1796).