Meyer, Gottlob Wilhelm

Meyer, Gottlob Wilhelm a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Lubeck, November 29, 1768. In 1801 he was university preacher at Gottingen, in 1804 professor and preacher at Altdorf, and in 1813 doctor and professor of theology at Erlangen. He died May 19, 1816, leaving, De Notione Orci apud Hebraeos (Lubeck, 1793): — De Foedere cum Jehova (Gottingen, 1797): — Versuch einer Hermeneutik des Alten Testaments (Libeck, 1800): — Grundriss einer Hermeneutik des Alten und Neuen Testaments (Gottingen, 1801): — Geschichte der Schrifterklarung seit der Wiederherstellung der Wissenschaften (1802-1808, 5 volumes): — Apologie der geschichtlichen Auffassung der historischen Buicher (Sulzbach, 1811). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 2:371; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:104, 106-111, 294-335, 588; 2:96, 177. (B.P.)