Johann Christoph Wolf

Johann Christoph Wolf (February 21, 1683, at Wernigerode – July 25, 1739, at Hamburg) was a German Christian Hebraist, polymath, and collector of books.

He studied at Wittenberg, and traveled in Holland and England in the interest of science, coming in contact with Campeius Vitringa, Willem Surenhuis, Adriaan Reland, Jacques Basnage, and others.

His researches resulted in Bibliotheca Hebræa (4 vols., Hamburg, 1715–33), the first volume of which contains a list of Jewish authors, while the second deals with the subject matter under the headings "Bible," "Talmud," "Cabala," etc.

In addition to this work, he issued a history of Hebrew lexicons (for his doctoral dissertation; Wittenberg, 1705), and Notitia Karæorum (Hamburg, 1721).

For example, Rabbi Moses hagiz visited at his library and said: "I came to the house of the learned master, the great and wonderful and exceedingly demanding of the perfection of the wisdom... the famous preacher in the great and glorious city of Hamburg, he is called by his good name the professor Dr. Yohanan Christon Wolf, may God, in his mercy, prolong his days in goodness and comfort ".