Peter-low, Christian

Peter-Low, Christian a convert from Judaism, flourished in the first half of the 18th century for several years as professor of Oriental languages at the University of Upsala. He wrote, in the Swedish language, Speculum religionis Judaicae, which, in fifty-eight chapters, treats of the Jewish festivals, rites, circumcision, dogmas, resurrection, etc. — Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3:80; Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. 4:966; Niedersachsische Nachrichten (Hamburg, 1731), page 666 sq.; and Leipziger Gelehrte Zeitung (Leips. 1731), page 884, where a full index to all the chapters is given. (B.P.)