a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Halberstadt, February 25, 1753. He studied at Halle, and in 1773 accepted a call as teacher at the cathedral school of his native place. In 1808 he was made a doctor of theology, in 1812 general superintendent, and died June. 21, 1819. He is the author of, Chrestomathia Hebraica, etc. (Halle, 1783): — Die Gesinge David's (Leipsic, 1796): — Exegetisches Handbuch des Alten Testaments (17971800, 9 parts): — Koheleth (1798-1799, 2 vols.). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:208, 213; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3:9; Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v. (B.P.)