Groddeck, Benjamin

Groddeck, Benjamin professor of Oriental languages at Dantzic, was born there in 1728, and died June 8, 1776. He wrote, De Necessaria Linguarum Arabicae et Hebraeae Connexione (Wittenberg, 1746): — De Natura Dialectorum ad Linguam Hebraicam et Arabicam: — Applicata (1747): — De Vero Originumn Hebraearum fonte et Utilitate (eod.): — De Linguae Hebraeaes Antiquitate (Dantzic, 1750): — De Litteris Hebraicis (1751): — De Sensu Scriptures Sacrae (eod.): — De Punctis Hebraeorum (1753): — De Via ad Notitiiam Interiorem Linguarum Orientalium Proesertim Hebraeaes (1757): — De Vera Verborum ל8 8ה Natura et Indole (1760): — De Usu Versionum Graecarum Vet. Test. Hermeneutico et Critico (1763). See Meusel, Gelehrtes Deutschland; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Steinschneider, Bibl. Handbuch, s.v.; Furst. Bibl. Jud. 1:344. (B.P.)