Rinck, Wilhelm Friedrich

Rinck, Wilhelm Friedrich a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Dietlingen, near Pforzheim, February 9, 1793. In 1813 he was pastor of the German evangelical congregation at Venice, in 1821 at Bischoffingen, in 1827 at Eyringen, in 1835 at Grenzach, Baden, and died in 1856. He is the author of, Lehrbegraif von den heiligen Abendmahl (Heidelberg, 1818): — Das Sendschreiben der Korinther an den Apostel Paulus aus dem Armenischen (1823): — Lucubratio Critica in Acta Apostolorum, Epistolas Catholicas et Paulinas, etc. (1833): — Die angefochtenen Erzahlungen in dem Leben Jesu beleuchtet (1842): — Apokalyptische Forschungen (Zurich, 1853). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:103, 276, 454; 2:39, 224. (B.P.)