Rus, Johann Reinhard

Rus, Johann Reinhard a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born February 24, 1679, and studied at Giessen and Jena. In 1708 he was made adjunct to the philosophical faculty of Jena, in 1712 professor of theology, in 1730 doctor of theology, and died April 18, 1738. He wrote, De Usu Linguae Syriacae in Novo Testamento: — De Usu Accentuationis Hebraicae Pentade Dictorum Veteris Testamenti Demonstrato: — De Harmonia Vitae Davidis: — De Zacharia non Summo Pontifice ad Luc. 1: — De Serpente non Naturali sed solo Diabolo ad Genesis 3: — De Evocationae Abrahami: — De Sceptro a Juda Ablato ad Genesis 49: — De LXX Hebdomadibus Danielis: — De Lapidatione Stephani: — De Varrio Mosis in Montem Sinai Ascensu: — Bileam Votes Evangelicus ex Num. 24:15-19: — Introdictio in Novum Testamentum Generalis: — Harmonia Evangelistarum: — De Magis non Judaeis (d Matthew 2, etc. See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:244, 590; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)