German jurisconsult of the first half of the nineteenth century; a brother of Jacob Raphael F�rstenthal. He embraced Christianity. He was the author of numerous works and monographs on Roman and commercial law, and jurisprudence in general, of which the following may be mentioned: "Real-encyclop�die des Gesammten in Deutschland Geltenden Allgemeinen Rechtes" (Berlin, 1826-27);" Lehrbuch des Preussischen Civil- und Criminalprocesses" (K�nigsberg, 1827-28); "Corpus Juris Civilis, Canonici et Germanici Reconcinnatum," etc. (Berlin, 1828); "Corpus Juris Academicum" (Berlin, 1829); "Handbuch �ber die Departements-, Kreis- und Communal-Verwaltung der Neumark und der Dazu Incorporirten Lande" (Berlin, 1831).