Zacharia, Just Friedrich a Protestant theologian. was born at Haina, in Gotha, in 1704. He studied at Jena and Kiel, was appointed at the latter place, in 1735, professor of Oriental languages, in 1742 elected to the chair of Biblical antiquities, and in 1747 to that of theology. He died March 8, 1773. He published, Dissertatio seu Commentatio Solemnis, Comma Secundam Quinti Hoseae Capitis Explicans (Kiloni, 1731): — Progr. de Usu Linguae Ebraece in Philosophia (ibid. 1736): — Diss. de Ritibous Scholasticis Judaorum-
(ibid. 1745). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, 4:767 sq.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3:540. (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