Frischmuth Johann, a German theologian and Orientalist, was born at Wertheim in 1619, and died at Jena in 1687, in which city he was professor of Hebrew. He was also acquainted with Arabic. Besides other works, he wrote 60 dissertations on philololgical, Biblical, and theological subjects, of which the most important are, De Pontificum Hebraeorum vestitu sacros: — De Sacrficiis: — De Pontificatu Mosis contra Nihusium: — De Graeca LXX Interpret. versione: — De Mediatatione Mortis et Memoria clarissimorum quorundam in re sacra et literaria Virorum. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 18:889.
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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