Breithaup, Johann Friedrich

Breithaup, Johann Friedrich a German scholar, who died at Gotha, June 5, 1713, is known by his Latin translations of Josephus Gorionides, which he published with notes (Gotha, 1707); and of Rashi's Commentary on the Old Testament (ibid. 1710-1713). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:157, 193; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:130 sq.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)