Schwarz, Johann Peter

Schwarz, Johann Peter a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Rudolstadt, July 6, 1721. He studied at Jena and Gittingen, and commenced his academical career in 1739 at the former university. In 1749 he was deacon at his native place, in 1761 courtpreacler, and died in 1781. He wrote, De Paniculamentis Judaeorum (Gottingen, 1737): — De Perfectione Linguae Hebraicae Quod Syllabas (1738): — De Voto, quo se Invicem Judaei Ineunte Anno Prosequntur (Jena, 1736): — Diss. ad Versionem Jonathanis ben-Usiel Genesis 2:1 (1739): — De Nominibus Veteris Testamenti Propriis, Religionis Ebr corum Monumentis (1743): — Paradoxa Theologica, de Efficacia Sacrae Scripturae (1757), etc. See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. s.v. (B.P.)