a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born Nov. 15, 1690, at Aschersleben. He studied at Wittenberg and Halle; was in 1716 pastor at Aschersleben; in 1718, rector of the cathedral school at Halberstadt; in 1723, pastor of the Frauenkirche there; and died Jan. 12, 1743. He wrote, Disp. de Asiarchis ad Acts 19:31 : — Diss. de κυβείᾷ ἀνθρώπων ad Ephesians 4:14 : — De Codice Grceco et Consilio quo usus est B. Lutherus in Interpretatione Germanica N.T.: — De Difficili Pauli Itinere ad Acts 17:9 : — De Sepultura Stephani ad Acts 8:2. See Moser. Lexikon jetzleben der Gottesgelehrten; Neubauer, Nachricht von jetzleben den Gottesgelehrten; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)