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a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born Nov. 8,1650, at Hildesheim. He studied. at Jena and Helmstdadt, and was in 1677 deacon, and in 1684 superintendent, at Zellerfeld. In 1710 he was called as pastor primarius and general superintendent to Clausthal. He died May 11, 1725. He wrote, Gloria Mosis, h. e. Illustria aliquot Facta sub Mose, etc. (Goslar, 1696): - Rituale Ecclesiasticumn (Jenm, 1705,2 parts): — Saxonia Inferior Antiqua Gentilis et Christiaina (Goslar, 1714): -Der Ruhin Christi, eine Streitschrift wider der Juden (Leips. 1710): — Juden-Katechismus (ibid. eod.). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 140; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. i, 198, 627, 795. (B. P.)