Justi, Leonhard Johann Karl

Justi, Leonhard Johann Karl a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Miinchhausen, Hesse, December 5, 1753. He studied at Marburg and Gottingen, was in 1774 deacon at Marburg, and commenced his academical career in 1775. In 1779 he was professor, and succeeded his brother as first pastor of St. Elizabeth; He died May 12, 1800, leaving, Weissagungsgesang Mosis an die Israeliten, Deuteronomy 32 (Gottingen, 1774): — De Bileami Asina Loquente ad Numbers 22 (Marburg, eod.): — Ueber die den AEgyptern von den Israeliten bei ihrer Abreise abgeforderten Gerathe, Exodus 5, 11, 12 (1777): — Ueber den Genius des Sokrates (1779). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 2:157; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:23. (B.P.)