Wolfgang Menzel
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
a German historian and critic, was born at Waldenburg, June 21, 1798. He studied at different universities, was for some time teacher at Aarau, went in 1824 to Heidelberg, in 1825 to Stuttgart, and died April 23, 1873. Of his many works we only mention,. Christliche Symbolik (Mayence, 1854, 2 volumes): — Kritik des modernen Zeitbewusstseins (2d ed. 1873): — Die vorcharistliche Unsterblichkeitsfrage (1869, 2 volumes). His Denkwiirdigkeiten were published by his son Karl (Bielefeld, 1877). (B.P.)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
German author and critic, born in Silesia; wrote on German history, literature, and poetry, as well as general history, and maintained a vigorous polemic against all who by their writings or their politics sought to subvert the Christian religion or the orthodox policy of the German monarchies (1789-1873).
