Hartmann, Johann Melchior

Hartmann, Johann Melchior a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born February 20, 1764, at Nbrdlingen. He studied at Jena and Gottingen, was called in 1793 to Marburg as professor of philosophy and Oriental languages, and died February 16, 1827, leaving, Commentatio de Geographia Africae Edrisiana (Gottingen, 1792; 2d ed. 1796): — Anfalngsgunde der hebraischen Sprache (Marburg, 1797; 2d ed. 1819): — Hebraische Chrestomathie (ibid. 1797): — Museum fur biblische und orientalische Literatur (ibid. 1807). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:116, 166, 277. (B.P.)