Raith, Balthasar

Raith, Balthasar a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born October 8, 1616. He studied at Tubingen, was there in 1656 professor of theology, and died December 5, 1683, doctor of theology. He wrote, Quaestionum Anti-Judaicarum Trias de Messia (Tubingen, 1667): — Vadum: — Talmudicum Quod Priorsa Capita Testatum (1658): — De Proselytismo Judaico-Christiano (1666). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. s.v.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)