Ries, Franz Ulrich

Ries, Franz Ulrich a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born January 3, 1695, at Breidenbach, Hesse, and studied at Marburg and Heidelberg. In 1721 he was professor of philosophy at Marburg, in 1725 doctor, and in 1728. professor of theology. Ries died November 6, 1755, and left De Jesu Nazareno in Vaticiniis Veteris Testamenti Pradicto (Marburg, 1722): — De Deo Spiritu (1724): — De Morbo Pauli Apostoli ad 2 Corinthians 12:7 (eod.): — De Atheis Eorumque Stultitia (1725): — De Sacerdotis Summi in Sanctum Sanctorum Ingressu (1726): — De Divinitate Sacrae Scripturae (1748): — De Salute Protoplastorum (1750): — De Asylis sive Urbibus Refugii (1753). See Doring, Die gelehlrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. s.v. (B.P.)