Grossmann, Christian Gottlob Lebrecht

Grossmann, Christian Gottlob Lebrecht a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born November 9, 1783. He studied at Jena, was in 1808 preacher at Priessnitz, near Naumburg, in Saxony, in 1823 general superintendent at Altenburg, in 1829 professor of theology and preacher at Leipsic, and died June 29, 1857. He wrote, De Ascetis Judaeorum Vetelum (Altenburg, 1833): — De Praocuratore Parabola J. Christi ex re Provinciali Illustrata (Leipsic, 1824): — Quaestiones Philoneae (1829): — De Judaeorum Disciplina Arcani (1833-34, 2 parts): — De Philosophia Sadducceorum (1836-38, 3 parts): — Philonis Judaei Anecdoton Graecum (1856). He also published a number of sermons. See Winer, Bibl. Theol. 1:140, 248, 522; 2:19, 171, 172, 174, 176, 177; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:344; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1:470 sq. (B.P.)