Gesenius, August

Gesenius, August a Lutheran theologian of Germany, born in 1718, was in 1744 professor of Greek at Helmstidt, in 1748 general superintendent and first preacher, and died January 6, 1773. He wrote, Prunis in Capite Inimici (Gottingen, 1740): — Christum Decoro Gentis suae Accommodosse (Helmstadft, 1744): — Historia Passionis Jesu Christi H-armonica (Wolfenbiittel, 1745): Opiniuncula de חבלי שאול ad 2 Samuel 22:5 (1746): — In Verba Christi Marc. 4:12, et Luc. 8:10 (eod.). See Meusel, Gelehrtes Deutschland; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)