Christian Reineccius (22 January 1668 – 18 October 1752, aged 64) was an 18th-century

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theologian. He was born in

Großmühlingen 100px, Coat of arms Großmühlingen is a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since January 2008, it is part of the municipality Bördeland Bördeland is a municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in ...

in the

Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst Anhalt-Zerbst was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the House of Ascania, with its residence at Zerbst in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerged as a subdivision of the Principality of Anhalt from 1252 until 1396, when it was divided ...

. As rector of the gymnasium of Weissenfels, his writings served the study of

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

. He translated the

Old Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England *Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Mai ...

and the

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

into four languages (Leipzig, 1713–48).

Sources

Marie-Nicolas Bouillet and

Alexis Chassang Alexis Chassang (; 2 April 1827 in Bourg-la-Reine – 8 March 1888 in Bourg-la-Reine) was a French linguist and translator. In 1849 he received his agrégation in letters, and in 1852, his doctorate. Afterwards, he served as a professor of rhetor ...

(dir.), "Chrétien Reineccius" in ''Dictionnaire universel d’histoire et de géographie'', (1878)

External links

Christian Reineccius
on data.bnf.fr
Reineccius, Christian
on Deutsche Biographie

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reineccius, Christian 1668 births 1752 deaths People from Salzlandkreis People from the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst German Lutheran theologians Christian Hebraists University of Helmstedt alumni