Spitzner, Adam Benedict

Spitzner, Adam Benedict a Protestant clergyman of Germany, was born Jan. 22, 1717, and died at Langenreinsdorf, near Zwickau, Oct. 4, 1793. He is the author of, Idea Analyticoe Sacroe Textus Hebraici Vet. Test. ex Accentibus (Lipsiae, 1769): — Disquisitio Critica in Loca Codicis S. Hebraei, ad Illustrationem Ideoe Anal. Sacr. nuper Editoe (ibid. 1770): — Commentatio Philologica de Parenthesi Libris Sacris Vet. et Novi Test. Accommodata (ibid. 1773): — Institutiones ad Analyticam Sacram Textus Hebraici Vet. Testamenti ex Accentibus, etc. (Halle, 1786): — Vindicioe Originis et Auctoritatis Divinao Punctorum Vocalium et Accentuum in Libris Sacris Veteris Testamenti, ubi Imprimis ea Diluuntur quoe post Eliam Levitam Ludovicus Capellus in Arcano Punctationis ejusque Vindiciis Opposuit (Lipsiae, 1791). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Literatur, 1, 111, 118, 119; 2, 185; Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 3, 375. (B.P.)