Rehkopf, Johann Friedrich

Rehkopf, Johann Friedrich a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Leipsic, January 20, 1733. He studied at the university of his native place, was in 1761 deacon at Zwickau, in 1764 archdeacon at Reichenbach, in 1769 doctor and professor of theology at Helmstadt, in 1778 superintendent at Dresden, and died March 15, 1789. He published, Vitas Patriarcharum Alexandrinorum (Leipsic, 1757-59): — De Zwickaviensibus Litterarum Orientalium Studio Claris (1763): — Janua Hebraeas Linguae Veteris Testamenti Olim Adornata a Reneccio (1769): — De Trinitate (1770): — Michae et Mathaei in Loco Natali Messiae Consensus (1772): — De Vate Scripturae Sacrae (eod.): — Legatus Fecialis ad Malach. 3 (1773): — De Persona Jesu Christi Scripturarum Novi Testamenti Expositio (1775), etc. See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v. (B.P.)