Wepler, Johann Heinrich

Wepler, Johann Heinrich a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Cassel, July 27, 1755. For a number of years he acted as professor of Oriental languages at the Carolinum and Lyceum of his native place. In 1786 was called as professor of theology to Marburg, where he died, Nov. 30,1792. He is the author of, Philologische und kritische Fragmente (Cassel, 1781-86): — Diss. Inaug. de Cherubis Angelis Tonantibus Hebraeorunm (Marburg, 1777): — Nachrichten von den auf der Cassel'schen Bibliothek befindlichen morqenl. Handschriften (ibid. 1778): — Gedanken uber die Ursachen, weswegen die Syyrer den Hebraern und Arabern in der Dichtkunst so sehr nachstehen, in the Memoires de la Soc. d'Ant. de Cassel, 1:307 sq. See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:280; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3:504. (B.P.)