Boysen, Friedrich Eberhard

Boysen, Friedrich Eberhard a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born April 7, 1720, at Halberstadt. He studied at Halle, where Michaelis instructed him in Oriental languages. In 1742 he was called as pastor to Magdeburg; was made in 1760 courtpreacher, member of consistory, and inspector of the gymnasium at Quedlinburg. He died June 4, 1800. He wrote, Kritische Erliduterungen des Grundtextes der heil. Schrift A. T. (Halle, 1760-64, 10 parts): — Acta inter Cyprianumn et Stephanum in Disceptatione de Haereticis Baptizandis, Collecta, Vindicata et Animnadversionibus Illustrata' (Leipsic and Quedlinburg, 1762): — Kritische Erlduterungen des Grundtextes der heiligen Schrift N.T. aus der Syrischen Uebersetzung (ibid. 1762): — Praktische EErkldrung des Briefes Pauli an die Colosser (ibid. 176681): — Der Koran aus dem Arabischen iibersetzt, mit Anmerkungen, etc. (Halle, 1773, 1775): — Versuch einerpraktischen Erkldrung der beiden Briefe Petri und des Briefes Judd (ibid. 1775). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. i, 196, 241, 527, 859; Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, i, 147 sq. (B. P.)