Sonntag, Christoph

Sonntag, Christoph, a German Lutheran theologian, was born Jan. 28, 1654 at Weyda. In 1676 he was called to the pastorate of Oppurg, in 1686 he was made superintendent at Schleusingen, and four years later he was appointed professor of theology at Altdorf, where he died, July 6, 1717. He wrote, Disputatio de Allegatis Apocryphis in Codioe IV Evangeliorum (Altdorf, 1716): Scrutinium Biblicum (ibid. 1703): — Ennea Periocharum Philoniarum (ibid. 1713): — De Sacerdotum Vet. Test. Ephemeris (ibid. 1691): — Miculoe 20 Authentioe Chaldaicoe (ibid. 1703): — Dissertatio in Vatic. Esaioe 53, 11 (ibid. 1692): — Triadologia Vet. Test. Catholica (ibid. 1698): — Tituli Psalmorum in Methodum Anniversarium Redacti (1687). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3, 355 sq.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. s.v.; Koch, Gesch. d. deutsch. Kirchenliedes, 5, 419. (B.P.)