Basch, Siegmund

Basch, Siegmund, a Protestant theologian of Ger many, was born Sept. 3, 1700, at Juliusbnrg, in Silesia. He studied at Breslau, Jena, and Leipsic; in 1730 was pastor and co-inspector at Christianstadt; in 1734 archdeacon and assessor of consistory at Sorau; in 1751 general superintendent at Hildburghausen; and died, April 24, 1771, as first court preacher, member of consistory, and superintendent of the duchy of Weimar. He wrote, Disputatio de Interpretatione N.T. ex Patribus Apostolicis (Leipsic, 1726): — Epistola de Ultimis Elice (ibid.): — Deutlicher Beweis von der Glaubwiirdiqkeit der heil. Schrift: — Pastorale Christi ex VII Epistolis ad Ecclesias Asianas (1752). See Hamberger, Gelehrtes Deutschland; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)