Wetstein, Johann Jacob, biblical scholar, born at Basel; was devoted to the study of the New Testament text; published a Greek Testament with his emendations and “Prolegomena” connected therewith; his emendations, one in particular, brought his orthodoxy under suspicion for a time (1693‒1754).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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