Degenkolb, Karl Friedrich

Degenkolb, Karl Friedrich a German theologian, was born at Weissenfels, July 12, 1682. He studied at Leipsic, became deacon in 1716, archdeacon in 1723, pastor at Stolpen in 1729, and died in 1747. His principal works are Kirch-Regierunge Gottes im Alten und Neuen Testament (Bautzen, 1715): — Einleitung in die politische Historie (Pirna, 1716): — Wider die Atheisten, Materialisten, Juden, Turken und Heiden (1722): — Grundriss der Theologie (Dresden, 1731). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.