Bible Encyclopedias
Caspari, David

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Caspari, Christian Eduard

Next Entry
Caspari, Georg

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

a Lutheran theologian of Germany was born March 5,1648, at Konigsberg. Having completed his studies at various universities, he Was in 1676 appointed sub-inspector of the Albertinian college at his native place; in 1678, rector of the cathedral school at Riga, where he died as superintendent, Feb. 28,1702. He wrote, De Vita Dei, Qualis ea sit ex Monte Graecorum et Potissimum Aristotelis (Jena, 1673): De Quaestione an Virtus Cadtat in Deum (Konigsberg, 1677): — De Futuri .Theologi Stü diis Philologicis et Philosophicis (edited by his son, 1705): — Breviarium Theologiae Moralis (also edited by his son, 1712). See Gade; busch, Liefiandische Bibliothek; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v., Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gé neralé, s.v. (B. P.)