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a German doctor and professor of theology, was born June 29, 1625. In 1665 he became professor of Oriental languages at Kiel; in 1667, extraordinary professor of theology; and in 1675, professor in ordinary. He died November 18, 1688. He wrote, Institutio Methodica Accentuationis Hebr., etc. (Kiel, 1664, a.o.): — Smegma Hebraeum Defricans Pudendam Barbariem Invectam Nuperis quorundam Falsis, Impiis, et Scandalosis Assertionibus, etc. (ibid. 1668): — Hebraismus Facilitati et Integritati suae Restitutus, i.e., 1. Nova Grammatica; 2. Accentuationis Hebr. Institutio Methodica; 3. Vindiciae S.S., etc. (ibid. 1664, a. o.): — Defensio Doctrine Accentuum Biblicorium (ibid. 1670): — Janua Hebraismi Noviter Aperta (ibid. 1670): — Pro Sanct. Hebr. Textu Vindiciarum Anti- Cappell Walton; Pars 1, qua Originalis Authentia Divina tam Accentuum et Vocaliunt quam et Ipsarun Literarum . . . Asseritur; Pars 2, qua Necessarius Accentuum Usus, etc., Demonstratur; Pars 3, Hebraeomastix sive Anti-Conringius Apologet. etc. (ibid. 1669). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3:495; Steinschneider, Bibliog. Handbuch, page 146; Winer, Handbuch der theolog. Lit. pages 93, 114; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B.P.)