Immanuel Oscar Menahem Deutsch

German descended from Jewish parents. He gained in a uncle at an early stage a thorough knowledge of Hebrew and Chaldean literature, then completed his studies in Berlin and went in 1853 to London, where he obtained a position at the National Library of the British Museum and through his, the demand of Semitic studies devoted to work, soon came to a large reputation.

These include, in particular his treatises on the Talmud ( German processing, 3rd ed Berlin 1880) and Islam ( German Berlin 1874) in the Quarterly Review, and his article on the " Targum " and the " Samaritan Pentateuch " in Smith's Bible dictionary; further: " Egypt, ancient and modern ", " Hermes Trismegistas ", " Judeo- arabic metaphysics ", " Semitic palaeography, culture and languages ​​", etc.

German died on 13 May 1872 in Alexandria, where he had gone to strengthen its health. After his death appeared his "Literary remains of the late Emanuel German: with a letter memoir" (London 1874, with biography).