Education
He studied philosophy and Semitic languages at the University of Bonn.
He studied philosophy and Semitic languages at the University of Bonn.
In 1837 Frensdorff became head master of the Jewish religious school at Hanover, and in 1848 was appointed principal of the new Jewish seminary for teachers in that city, which position he held until his death. Frensdorff throughout his career devoted himself chiefly to the critical examination and publication of Masoretic works. His writings on these are: Fragmente aus der Punktations-und Accentlehre der Hebräischen Sprache, with the Hebrew text (Darke ha-Niḳḳud weha-Neginot), ascribed to R. Moses Punctator, Hanover, 1847 (dedicated to Bernays).
Oklah we-Oklah, ib.
1864 Die Massora Magna part i. Massoretisches Wörterbuch, Leipsic and Hanover, 1876 Aus dem Sefer ha-Zikronot des Elias Levita in "Monatsschrift," xii. 96 et seq.