Solomon Steinheim
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Solomon Ludwig (Levy) Steinheim (pseudonym: Abadjah Ben Amos; 1789–1866) was a German physician, poet, and philosopher.
Biography
Steinheim was born on 6 August 1789 in
The Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute of the University of Duisburg-Essen in Duisburg, Germany has been named after him in recognition of his contributions as a philosopher.
Works
Steinheim, besides remaining a lifelong student of
The second volume of Steinheim's life-work consisting of twenty-five lectures, appeared under the title Das Dogma der Synagoge als Exakte Wissenschaft; the third volume (1863) treats of the struggle between revelation and paganism; while the fourth volume (1865) contains a series of separate essays on various subjects (e.g., the theory of Creation according to the Old Testament), polemics against Ignaz von Döllinger's Heidenthum und Judenthum and Ferdinand Christian Baur's Dogmengeschichte, etc.
Steinheim in his Meditationen and in his contributions to the Kieler Zeitung earnestly advocated the emancipation of the Jews. Of his poems, Sinai and Obadjah Sohn Amos Lieder aus der Verbannung (Altona, 1829; 2d ed. Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1837) deserve special mention.
He also wrote the libretto, based on Martin Luther's Bible translation, to Ferdinand Hiller's 1840 oratorio, The Destruction of Jerusalem.[1]
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References
- Notes
- ^ Petzolt (2012)
- Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Steinheim, Solomon Ludwig (Levy)". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.- Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- S. Bernfeld, Da'at Elohim, i. 593
- M. Isler, in Arch. Isr. 1866, pp. 671-677
- Petzolt, Martin (2012). The Oratorio "The Destruction of Jerusalem", booklet accompanying CD recording, Querstand VKJK 1202.
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