Scharer, Johann Rudolf a Swiss theologian, was born at Berne in 1756. In 1793 he was professor of Hebrew, in 1805 professor of Biblical study at the Berne Academy, and he died July 3, 1829, preacher at Bumpflingen. He is the author of, Das Buch Hiob aus dem Grundtext metrisch ubersetzt und erlautert (Berne, 1818, 2 parts): — Die Psalmlen metrisch ubersetzt mit kurzen Anmerkungen (1812): — Religioses Erbauungsbuch fur Gefangene (1817, 1820). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:206, 209; 2:320; Furst, Bibl. Jud. s.v. (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