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Johann Albrecht Bengel
1687Jun, 24

Johann Albrecht Bengel

Johann Albrecht Bengel, German-Lutheran clergyman and scholar (d. 1757)
Johann Albrecht Bengel (24 June 1687 – 2 November 1752), also known as Bengelius, was a Lutheran pietist clergyman and Greek-language scholar known for his edition of the Greek New Testament and his commentaries on it.

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    Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
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    Glorious Revolution

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