FRANKEL, ZECHARIAS (1801-1875), Jewish theologian, one of the founders of the Breslau school of "historical Judaism," which attempts to harmonize critical treatment of the documents of religion with fidelity to tradition. For a time at least, the compromise succeeded in staying the disintegrating effects of the liberal movement in Judaism. He became head of the Breslau seminary, founded in 1854 for the training of rabbis who should combine their rabbinic studies with secular courses at the university.
His writings include Septuagint Studies, an Introduction to the Mishnah (18J9), and a similar work on the Palestinian Talmud (187o).