Serarius, Nicholas a learned Jesuit and commentator on the Scriptures, was born in, 1555 at Rambervillers, in Lorraine. After studying the languages, he taught ethics, philosophy, and theology at Würzburg and Mentz, in which last city he died, May 20, 1610, leaving many works, of which the following are the principal: De Pharisoeorum, Sadducoeorum, et Essenorum Sectis (Franeker, 1603; Mentz, 1604): — Commentarius in Libros Jos., Jud., Ruth., Reg., et Paralip. (ibid. 1609-10, 2 pts. fol.): — Prolegomena Biblica (ibid. 1612): — Rabbini et Hierodes (ibid.): — Opuscula Theologica (3 tom. fol.): — and others which are collected in 16 vols. fol. See Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 3, 316; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Literatur.
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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