Breitenstein, Johann Philipp

Breitenstein, Johann Philipp a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born July 16, 1753, at Nieder- Dorfelden, near Hanau. He studied at Heidelberg, Gottingen; and Erlangen. In 1785 he was appointed second preacher of the Reformed Church at Marburg, and in 1820 became first preacher there. He died November 21, 1825. He wrote, Untersuchungen duncler Schriftwahrheiten (Leipsic, 1789): — Das Evangelium Johaunnis, ubersetzt und mit ausfuhrlichen Erlauterungen versehen (Marburg, 1813). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 2:44, 75, 307; Dbring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, 1:157 sq. (B.P.)