a German theologian, was born at Berlin, Jan. 17, 1715, where he also died, March 17, 1790. He wrote, Commentatio et Dissertatio Apologetica, qua Inquiritur, num Puncta Vocalia τῶ Kethib אא Subjecta ad Keri sint Referenda: — Vollstandigere Kritik uber die gewohnlichen Ausgaben der hebr. Bibel, etc. (Berlin, 1764): —Conjecturoe Historico-criticoe Sadducoeorum inter Judaeos Sectae Novam Lucem Accendentes (Halle, 1799): — Additamenta Variantium Lectionum e Gersoniana Sacri Codicis Editione Collectarum (ibid. 1768): — Conjecturoe Crit. ad lllustrotionem Psalms 22:13 (ibid. 1769). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Literatur, 2, 770; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3, 296. (B.P.)