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Johann Franz Buddeus

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BUDDEUS, JOHANN FRANZ German Lu theran divine, was born on June 25, 1667, at Anklam, Pomerania, where his father was pastor. He studied at Greifswald and at Wittenberg, was appointed professor of Greek and Latin at Co burg in 1692, professor of moral philosophy at Halle in 1693, and in 1705 professor of theology at Jena. In 1715 he became Pri marius of his faculty and member of the Consistory. He died at Gotha on Nov. 19, 1729.

His principal works are:

Leipzig, allgemeines historisches Lexikon (Leipzig, 1709 ff.) ; Historic Ecclesiastica Veteris Testamenti (4 vols., Halle, 1709) ; Elementa Philosophiae Practicae, Instrumentalis, et Theoreticae (3 vols., 1697) ; Selecta Juris Naturae et Gentium (Halle, 1704) ; Miscellanea Sacra (3 vols., Jena, 1727) ; and Isagoge Historico Theologica ad Theologiam Universam, singulasque ejus partes (2 vols., 1727).

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