Bernstein

(Aaron), a rationalist, b. of Jewish parents Dantzic 1812. His first work was a translation of the Song of Songs , published under the pseudonym of A. Rebenstein (1834). He devoted himself to natural science and published works on The Rotation of Planets, Humboldt and the Spirit of the Time , etc. His e ay on The Origin of the Legends of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was translated by a German lady and published by Thomas Scott of Ramsgate (1872). Died Berlin, 12 Feb. 1884.