Zeibich, Carl Heinrich a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Eilenburg, June 19,1717. He studied theology, philosophy, and philology at Wittenberg, was made magister in 1737, on presenting a dissertation, De Chaldaicorum Veteris Testamenti apud Judaeos Auctoritate. In 1752 he was made professor, and died August 3, 1763. Of his writings we mention, De Lingua Judaeorum Hebraica Temporibus Christi et Apostolorum (Viteb. 1741): — De Codicum Veteris Testamenti Orientalium et Occidentalium Dissensionibus (ibid. cod.): — De Ritu Baptizandi in Mortem Christi, ab Eunomianis Recentioribus Introducto (ibid. 1752): — Σύμμικτα Antiquitatum Tarsicarum ex Scriptorum Veterum Monumentis Collecta (ibid. 1760). See Dbring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, 4:772 sq.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3:547. (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