a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born February 2, 1683, at Orlamtinde, in Thuringia. He studied at Jena, was in 1705 adjunct of the philosophical faculty, in 1711 superintendent at Ronneburg, in 1717 doctor of theology, in 1731 general superintendent at Altenburg, and died December 26, 1747. He wrote, Diss. Super 2 Timothy 3:16 : — De Statu Animarum Credentium Post Mortem: — An Judas Proditor Interfuerit Sacrac Caenae: — De Potestate Ligandi et Secandi ad Matthew 15:19; Matthew 18:16 : — De Natura Humnana a Filio Dei Demun in Tempore Assumta: — De Origine Mali, etc. See Moser, Lexikon etzlebender Gottesgelehrten; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.(B.P.)