, a native of Forcheim, in the bishopric of Bamberg, is said by
,
a native of Forcheim, in the bishopric of Bamberg, is said
by some writers to have been born a Jew; but others assert
that he was first a Roman Catholic, then a Jew, and lastly,
a Lutheran. This, however, is certain, that he published
several books containing Judaical learning, was professor
of Oriental languages in the academy of Konigsburg, and
died about 1652. His works are, a Commentary on the
book “Jezirah, or, the Creation,
” attributed to Abraham,
Amsterdam, De veritate Religionis
Christianas,
” Franeker, Libra veritatis,
” Letters;
” a German translation of the Prayers used by the
Jews in their synagogues, on the first day of each year; and
other works. Rittangelius maintained this paradox, that
the New Testament “contains nothing hut what was taken
from the Jewish antiquities.
”