Arnheim, Heymann
ARNHEIM, HEYMANN
ARNHEIM, HEYMANN (1796–1869), German translator and grammarian. Arnheim taught himself German, French, English, Latin, and Greek, as well as some Arabic. After leading the unsettled life of a private tutor, he was appointed head of the Jewish school in Fraustadt/Wschowa. Three years later, in 1827, he became head of the Jewish school in Glogau (Lower Silesia), where he gave the first sermon in German. From 1849 to 1857 he also served as assessor for the rabbinate. His translation of and commentary on the Book of Job (1836) attracted the attention of Leopold Zunz, who commissioned him to translate a large number of books for his German Bible translation (1837–38; 17th ed., 1935). The Book of Jeremiah he translated in conjunction with Michael Sachs. Arnheim also published a translation of the siddur, including the piyyutim (yoẓerot) for all special Sabbaths and Purim (1839–40). His Grammatik der hebraeischen Sprache was edited by D. Cassel and published posthumously (1872). Arnheim also wrote for the Hallesche Jahrbuecher, the Magazin fuer die Literatur des Auslands, and other scholarly journals.
bibliography:
M. Grunwald, in: Festschrift Israel Lewy (1911), 382–91. add. bibliography: C. Wilke, Der Talmud und der Kant (2003), 565–66; C. Wilke (ed.), Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbiner, part 1, 1 (2004), 145–46, bibl.
[Marcus Pyka (2nd ed.)]