Joseph Haltern (; died 5 September 1818) was a translator of

German literature German literature () comprises those literature, literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy a ...

into

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and a member of the ''

Me'assefim The Me'assefim () were a group of Hebrew writers who between 1784 and 1811 published their works in the periodical ''Ha-Me'assef'' (), which they had founded. History In 1782 Moses Mendelssohn's German translation of the Pentateuch had appeared. I ...

''. Among other works, Haltern wrote ''Esther'', a Hebrew adaptation of

Jean Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditio ...

's drama of the same name, and published a translation of Gellert's fables.

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Year of birth missing 1818 deaths 19th-century German translators Hebrew-language playwrights Jewish dramatists and playwrights Jewish translators Translators from German Translators to Hebrew {{Germany-writer-stub