Karl August Wünsche (August 22, 1838,

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bei Zittau - November 15, 1912,

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) was a German Christian Hebraist. He devoted his attention almost exclusively to

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. After completing his commentaries on the ''

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'' (1868) and ''

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'' (1872), he wrote ''Neue Beiträge zur Erläuterung der Evangelien aus Talmud und Midrasch'' (1878), the most complete collection of the parallel passages of the

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and the

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since the works of

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and Johann Christian Schöttgen. In his ''Bibliotheca Rabbinica'' (Leipzig, 1880–85) he made a German translation of the whole of the '' Midrash Rabbah'' and the '' Midrash to the Five Megillot'', and he also translated

haggadic Aggadah ( he, ''ʾAggāḏā'' or ''Haggāḏā''; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַגָּדְתָא ''ʾAggāḏəṯāʾ''; "tales, fairytale, lore") is the non-legalistic exegesis which appears in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, ...

portions of the

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(1880) and of the

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(1886–89), as well as the '' Pesiḳta'' (1885) and the ''

Midrash to the Psalms ''Midrash'' (;"midrash"
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'' (1891). Smaller works of his are: *''Die Rätselweisheit bei den Hebräern'' (1883) *''Die Freude im Alten Testament'' (1896); "Naturbildersprache des Alten Testaments" (1897) *''Die Schönheit der Bibel'' (Leipzig, 1905) Together with

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he compiled the ''Geschichte der Jüdischen Litteratur'' (3 vols., Leipzig, 1892–95).

References

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, ''Deutscher Litteratur-Kalender''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wuensche, August 1839 births 1913 deaths 19th-century German people Christian Hebraists German Hebraists German scholars German biblical scholars Old Testament scholars German male non-fiction writers