Huth, Caspar Jacob

Huth, Caspar Jacob a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, December 25, 1711. He studied at Jena, commenced his academical career in 1735, was professor of theology at Erlangen in 1743, and died September 14, 1760, leaving, Pauperes Spiritu (Erlangen, 1745): — De Schiloh Vaticinium (eod.): — Spes Regenitorum Viva per Resurrectionem Christi (1746): — Fides Matris. Viventium (1748): — Schilo Bethlehemitanus (eod.): — Petrus non Petra (1757): — Questiones Theologicae (1758), etc. See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Jocher, Algemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:418 sq. (B.P.)