a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born February 1, 1543, studied at Leipsic and Jena, and died at the latter place, June 1, 1615. He wrote, Compendium Grammaticae Ebraicae (Wittenberg, 1586): — Isagoge Grammatica in Linguacm Hebraicam (1604): — Isagoge Biblica (Hamburg, 1602): — OEconomia Veteris et Novi Testamenti, Ostendens quid ibi Observandum sit (Leipsic, 1603), etc. See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud., s.v. (B.P.)