As scholarships were not available to Jews and the family had exhausted their funds on educating Phöebus in medicine, Ludwig supported himself by tutoring and by doing literary work (some which became published).
After graduating the University of Berlin at the age of 22 in 1833, he was invited to be a rabbi for the Magdeburg Jewish congregation.
[1] Allgemeine merged with the CV-Zeitung, the official publication of the Central Association of German Jews until the Nazis closed it down in November 1938.
However, after the 1871 Unification of Germany and the establishment of the German Empire, Allgemeine began to respond to the pernicious increase in anti-Semitism.
Most notably in one version were illustrations by Gustave Doré with his English wood engravings - something shocking in a Hebrew Bible that forbids such images of animals, temples, pagan ruins and gods and much more.
Sigmund Freud’s father, Jakob, knew the Hebrew Bible by heart and was a life long student of the Talmud.
There has been some discussion about how the Philippson Bible and the illustrations influenced Freud's collection of antiquities and the development of his intellectual pursuits.
On Feb. 12, 1855 Philippson published an article in Allgemeine proposing that a Jewish publication society be established.
This led to the creation of the Institut zur Förderung der isralitischen Literatur in Leipzig in May of that year.
This entitled the member to copies of works published that year that had been selected by a committee consisting of Ludwig Philippson, Adolph Jellinek of Leipzig, and Isaac Markus Jost of Frankfort-on-the-Main (for which the authors received an honoraria).
Through the efforts of Ludwig, the society was to last another 18 years (with a membership as high 3000) and to publish eighty works in German on topics such Jewish history, science, poetry, fiction and biographies - including works by Ludwig and his brother Phöebus.
With poor health and failing eye-sight Ludwig was forced surrender his position as Rabbi in Magdeburg in 1862.