Stiebritz, Johann Friedrich a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Halle, August 7, 1707. He studied there and at Jena, commenced his academical career at Giessen in 1731, was professor at Halle in 1738, and died December 12, 1772. Stiebritz published, De Accommodatione Scripturae, etc. (Halle, 1727): — Nova Loci 1 Corinthians 15:28 Explicatio (1731): — De Propheta a
Leone Necato, 1 Reg. 13, etc. (1733): — De Deo Medico (1736): — De Platonismo, Colossians 2:9 (eod.): — De Sacerdotibus Vitio Corporis Laborantibus, (ad Leviticus 21:21-23 (1752): — De Vero Sensu Hoseae 11:1 in Matthew 2:15 (1753): — Betrachtungen ubre Gegenstinde der Schrift und der Religion (1769), etc. See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; 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