Carpov, Paul Theodor a German Orientalist and Lutheran theologian, was born in 1714 at Bolechow, in Polish Prussia. He studied at Rostock, where he took his degrees, and became professor of Hebrew and catechetical theology in 1738. In 1760 he assumed the same position at the newly founded university of Biitzow, here he remained until his death, May 27, 1765. He wrote, De Criteriis Nominum et Verborum Linguae Hebraece (Rostock, 1738): — Cinerums Apud Hebraeos Usus (ibid. 1739): — Christys Ecclesiae Sponsus (ibid. 1740): —De Jejuniis Sabbaticis et Antiquitate Hebraea (ibid. 1741): —Animadversiones Philologicrit. Sacrae (ibid. 1740). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, s.v.; Jocher,: — Allgemeines Gelehrten Lexikon, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1, 279; Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 1, 146. (B. P.)
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More