Melsheimer, Ludwig Friedrich

Melsheimer, Ludwig Friedrich a Protestant theologian, was born September 18, 1771. He entered upon his ministerial functions in 1795 at Kleinfischlingen, Bavaria, was in 1806 pastor at Bochingen, and died August 8, 1827, doctor of theology. He published, Das Buch Hiob metrisch ubersetzt und erlautert (Mannheim, 1823): — Die Spriche Salomonis ubersetzt mit Anmerkungen (1821). See Winer; Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:206, 212; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 2:351. (B.P.)