Background
Julius was born to Rabbi Jakob Guttmann (1845–1919) while Jakob served as Chief Rabbi at Hildesheim during the years 1874-1892, when Hildesheim still had a large Jewish population.
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Julius was born to Rabbi Jakob Guttmann (1845–1919) while Jakob served as Chief Rabbi at Hildesheim during the years 1874-1892, when Hildesheim still had a large Jewish population.
Jakob himself published papers on a number of philosophical topics. The family moved to Breslau in 1880. Julius received his basic training at the Breslau Rabbinical Seminary and the University of Breslau.
At that time, he became Professor of Jewish Philosophy at Hebrew University, a position which he held until his death.