LAMPE, FRIEDRICH ADOLPH, a distinguished divine of the Reformed Church in the 18th cen tury. He was born Feb. 19, 1683, at Detmold, the capital of the small principality of Lippe-Det mold. He studied first at Bremen, then at Frane ker, and afterwards, for a short time, at Utrecht. At Franeker the leading professors were followers of J. Cocceius, and Lampe's theological tenden cies arc those of the Cocceian school. After labouring as pastor at Weeze (near Cleves), Duis burg, and Bremen, successively, he was invited in 1720 to a chair of theology at Utrecht. In 1726 he was appointed professor of ecclesiastical history in the same university. In the following year hc re turned to Bremen, being invited to the joint offices of professor of theology and pastor of the church. He died Dec. 8, 1729. IIis exegetical works are-1. Exercitationum Sacrorum Duodecas, quibus Pralmus X L perpetuo commentario explanatur, immissis variir sensum Sacra Scripturee Hierv slyphicum et Antiquitates Sacra: spectantibus, Brem. 1715, 4to. 2. A dissertation on Sacred Chrono logy and on Jewish and Christian Chronologists, published in 1723 as a preface to Hottinger's Pentar dhsertationunz biblico-chronologicarum. 3.
Commentarius analytic°. exegeticur Evanselii se cundum 7ohannem, Amst. 1724-25, 3 vols. 4to. 4. A posthumous work published by D. Gerdes, entitled, E A. Lampe meditationunz exegeticarum opera aneca'ota, Groning 1741, 4to ; Basil 1742, 4t0. This work contains a commentary on the Songs of Degrees, a commentary on Ecclesiastes, and annotations on the Apocalypse. 5. A series of dissertations in further elucidation (chiefly) of the Gospel of John, contained in the work, also Posthumous, entitled, E A. Lampe, dissertationum philologico-theologicarum Syntagma, Amstel. 1737, 2 VO1S. 4to. The titles of these dissertations are— De tindo evangelii 7ohannis ; De Scala Yacobi ; De rime Patris ; De generatione ex aqua et Spiritu ; De loch A7: T. qua- de Abycp inroo-raru4 as-ere videntur ; De loco Ps. xxxiii. 6 ; De locis V. T. qua de A6-yy inroar. asere dubitatur ; De descenru Christi in inferiores tarter terrd.—S. N.