Gottfried, Johann Christian

Gottfried, Johann Christian a German convert from Judaism (whose former name was Benjamin Woolf), who lived in the 18th century, is the author of מעשה יי8 8, or a Narrative of Simon the son of Yochai: — Der ursprungliche Glaube an die Gottlichkeit des Messias aus dem Sohar nachgewiesen (translated also into Dutch, Amsterdam, 1724). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:340; Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. 3:362; 4:844 sq.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)