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a German theologian, was born Nov. 22, 1638, at Smalcald. He studied at Jena and Giessen; was in 1667 professor of Hebrew at Weissenfels, in 1673 rector at Weimar, in 1676 at Zeitz, and in 1688 at Merseburg. In 1693 he was appointed professor of history at Halle, and died June 4, 1707. He wrote, among many other works Rabbinismus, (Giessen, 1681, also in Reland's Anal. Rabb., Utrecht, 1702): Grammatica Hebraica (ibid. 1681, 1684): — De Lingues Sanctae Propirietatibus (3d ed. 1679): — De Gemino Judceorum Messia, (Weissenfels, 1668): — Sciadagraphia Philologies (Zeitz, 1678).. See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1, 150; Steinschneider, Bibliogr. Handbuch, p. 33; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gé né rale, s.v. (B. P.)