Gontgen, Jonathan Gottlieb

Gontgen, Jonathan Gottlieb a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born January 13, 1752, at Frankfort-on-the-Main, and died there, May 7, 1807. He published, Der Schriftforscher (Leipsic, 1787-89, 3 volumes): — Luther's Kleiner Katechismus (ibid. 1791): — Reden bei der Vorbereitung zur christlichen Feier des heiligen Abendmahls (ibid. 1800). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 2:183, 213; Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v. (B.P.)