Meelfuhrer, Rudolph Martin

Meelfuhrer, Rudolph Martin a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Ansbach. He studied at different universities, and was made a licentiate of theology. In 1712 he joined the Romish Church, but returned to the Lutheran 'Church again in 1725. He then went to Gotha and Holland, and while on his way home was imprisoned by the imperial government, and retained at Eger. When Meelfihrer died is not known. He wrote, Consensus Veterum Hebraeorum cum Ecclesia Christiana (Frankfort, 1701): — Causae Synagogae Errantis (Altdorf, 1702): — Jesus in Talmude (ibid. 1699): — De Versionibus Talmudis: — De Meritis Hebraeorum in rem Literariam: — De Impedimentis Conversionis Judaeorum. See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:563; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 2:340 sq.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)