Johann Ernst Christian Schmidt
Johann Ernst Christian Schmidt [1]
a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born January 6, 1772, at Btisenborn, Hesse. He studied at Giessen, commenced his academical career there in 1793, and died June 4, 1831, doctor and professor of theology. He published, Genesis 49 neu ubersetzt, mit Anmerkungen (Giessen, 1793): — Salomo's Prediger neu ubersetzt und erklart (1794): — Philologisch-exegetischer Clavis uber das Neue Testament (1795- 1805): — Bibliotlek fur Kritik und Exegese des Neuen Testaments (1796- 1802, 2 volumes): — Lehrbuch der christlichen Dogmatik (1800): — Handbuch der christl. Kirchengeschichte (1801-20, 6 volumes): — Historisch-kritische Einleitung in das Neue Testament (1804-5, 2 volumes), Theologische Encyclopadie (1811). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologeni Deutschlands, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:10, 15, 75, 201, 213, 236, 299, 474, 537, 577, 604. (B.P.)
