Hiller, Matthias a German Protestant theologian and Orientalist, was born at Stuttgardt Feb. 15,1646. He became professor of logic and metaphysics in 1692, and of Oriental languages and theology in 1698. In 1716 he exchanged these offices for the priory of Konigsbronn, where he died, Feb. 11, 1725. He acquired great reputation by his works on philology and hermeneutics. He wrote Sciagraphia Grammaticae Hebrae: — Lexicon Latino-Hebraecum (1685): — De Arcano Keri et Kethib (Tübing. 1692, 8vo), on the accentuation and punctuation of the Bible: — Institutiones Linguae Sanctae (several times reprinted, as Tübing. 1760, 8vo): — Onomasticon Sacrum (Tübingen, 1706, 4to, transl. into German by himself): — Syntagmata hermneneutica quibus loca S. Scripturae plurima ex Hebraico textu nove explicantur (Tibingen, 1711, 4to): — Hieroqlyphicum: — De Origine Gentium Celticarum: — De Origine, diis et terra Palaestinorum: — De Plantis in S. Scriptura memoratis: — Hierophyticon (Utrecht, 1725, 4to). See Fabricius, Hist. Biblioth. 6:44; Ersch und Gruber, Allg. Encyklopadie; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, 24, 689. (J. N. P.)
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
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