Background
Brecher was born in Prossnitz, Moravia.
Brecher was born in Prossnitz, Moravia.
Brecher received his Master of Surgery and Obstetrics in Budapest in 1824.
Brecher was the uncle, by marriage, to Austrian bibliographer and Orientalist Moritz Steinschneider. He was the first Jew of Prossnitz to study medicine or any other professional field He received his Medical Doctor"s or Doctor of Medicine degree the University of Erlangen in 1849.
His thesis was Das Transcendentale, Magie und Magische Heilarten im Talmud, (Vienna, 1850).
Brecher"s fame in Jewish literature rests principally on this work and upon his lucid commentary on the "Cuzari" of Judah ha-Levi, which appeared with the text in four parts (Prague, 1838–1840). Brecher"s correspondence with Samuel David Luzzato about this commentary was also published.
In addition to many contributions to scientific and literary periodicals and collections, and some important "Gutachten" (expert opinions) on social and religious questions submitted to him by imperial and local government officials, Brecher is the author of a monograph on circumcision, Die Beschneidung der Israeliten, et cetera, (Vienna, 1845), with an introduction by R. Hirsch Fassel of Prossnitz, and an appendix on Circumcision Among the Semitic Nations, by Moritz Steinschneider.