a Protestant divine of Germany, was born April 7, 1780, at Brandenburg. He studied at Halle, where in 1804 he was also instructor at the paedagogium. In 1809 he was made professor of theology and deacon at Frankfort-on-the-Oder, in 1818 superintendent and first pastor, and died there May 10, 1858. Spieker was a voluminous writer. Of his writings we mention, Ausgewahlte Schriften fur christliche Erbauung (Leips. 1855, 4 vols.): — Andachtsbuch fur gebildete Christen (ibid. 1860, 9th ed.): — Des Herrn Abendmahl (ibid. 1868, 8th ed.): — Das augsburgische Glaubensbekenntniss und die Apologie desselben (Berlin, 1830, 2 vols.): — Kirchen- u. Reformationsgeschichte der Mark Brandenburg (ibid. 1889 sq.). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theolog. 2, 1245 sq.; Theolog. Universal-Lexikon, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theologischen Literatur, 3, 184, 977; Regensburger Conversations-Lexikon, s.v.; Fü rst, Biblioth. Judaica, 3, 358. (B.P.)