Johann Georg Abicht was a German Lutheran

Lutheranism

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 theologian

Theology

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 from Königsee

Königsee

Königsee is a town in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 12 km east of Ilmenau, and 35 km south of Erfurt....

, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

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After finishing his studies at the universities of Jena and
Leipzig

University of Leipzig

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, Abicht became teacher of oriental languages at the latter in 1702. In 1707 he was appointed rector of the college of Danzig

Academic Gymnasium Danzig

The Academic Gymnasium Danzig was a school founded in Danzig , Poland , It was founded in 1558 by Johann Hoppe , who had previously worked at schools in Culm Chełmno and Elbing Elbląg until Catholic prince-bishop Stanislaus Hosius closed them...

 and pastor at the Holy Trinity Church. In 1729 he was appointed general superintendent

Superintendent (ecclesiastical)

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, professor of theology and pastor at the town church of Wittenberg

Wittenberg

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His best known works are those about the oriental languagues and Hebrew archeology.

Publications

• Methodus linguae sanctae, Leipzig, 1718
• Dissertatio de Libro recti
  Sefer haYashar (midrash)
  The Sefer haYashar is a Hebrew midrash also known as the Toledot Adam and Dibre ha-Yamim be-'Aruk. It is known in English translation mostly as The Book of Jasher...
  
  , Leipzig 1732 - a Latin translation of the Hebrew midrash "Book of Jasher" (Venice 1625)

Sources

• Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - online version at Wikisource
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