Georg Lorenz Bauer, a German theologian, born at Hilpoltstein, Aug. 14, 1755, died in Heidelberg, Jan. 12, 1806. He studied theology in Altdorf, and was minister and professor of theology in Nuremberg, Altdorf, and Heidelberg. He introduced into theology the principle that the Bible, like the works of the old classics, must be interpreted by grammatical and historical considerations, and not with reference to theological doctrines. He was among the first to elucidate the dogmatic opinions of the different Biblical writers, and to show the differences between them. He also shows the differences between the opinions of the Biblical writers on the one hand and the creed of the Lutheran church on the other, and was the first to write a systematic exposition of the Christian dogmas as they are contained in the Bible, and in each Biblical book in particular. Among his writings are: Hermeneu-tica sacra V. T. (Leipsic, 1797); Biblische The-ologiedesNeuen Testaments (Leipsic, 1800-2); Hebraische Mythologie des Alten und Neuen Testaments (Leipsic, 1802-'3). Bauer was a distinguished orientalist, and translated the Arabian history of Abulfaraj.