WOLFSSOHN (=b. Secb Wolf), AARON, also called Aaron Halle priN), was born 1736, and died in Fiirth, March 20, 1835, in the seventy ninth year of his age. He was a distinguished disciple of Mendelssohn, professor in King William School at Breslau, and worked in the department of Biblical exegesis and Hebrew literature in conjunction with Joel Lowe, G. Solomon, etc. etc. Of his numer ous writings, the following relate to the elucidation of the Scriptures and the Hebrew language :-(r.) A German translation of Lamentations, with an , elaborate Hebrew introduction and commentary by Lowe, Berlin 1788. (2.) A translation of Esther, with a Hebrew introduction and commentary by Lowe, Berlin t788. (3.) A translation of Ruth, with a Hebrew introduction and commentary by Lowe, Berlin 1788. (4.) A Hebrew commentary on the Song of Solomon, written conjointly with Uwe, accompanying Mendelssolm's translation of this book, Berlin 1789. (5.) The Book of Job, with a German translation and Hebrew comment ary, Prague 1791 ; Vienna 18o6. (6.) The First
Book of Kings, with a German translation and Hebrew commentary, Breslau 18o9. (7.) Critical and exegetical annotations on the vision of Ha bakkuk, Breslau 18°6. (8.) A German transla tion of the first two chapters of Habakkuk, pub lished in the periodical entitled yediaja, vol. ii. p. to7, ff. (9.) A German translation and Hebrew exposition of the Sabbatic and Festival Lessons [HAPHTAROTH], in conjunction with Lowe, the +two Euchels, Theodor, and Friedlander, Berlin 1790. And (to.) A Hebrew primer, entitled Ab taljon (ir$CZN), with an introduction by Fried lander, Berlin 1790 ; Breslau 1799 ; Vienna 'Soo; Prague 18°6; Vienna 1814. He also wrote a number of essays and reviews on sundry Biblical subjects, which are enumerated by Steinschneider, Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibliotheca Bortleiana, col. 2732-2734 ; Furst, Bibliotheca Yudaica, 553, etc.—C. D. G.