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uteil to David Kimchi (see SteiiischiioidGr, Jeirh/i Lit- erdture, p. 132). There were two editions, published siiniiltaneously, as has already been intimated : one was intended for the Jews, and tlie other was designed to acqnaint Spanish - speakinfj Christians with tlie Old Test. New editions of the former appeared at Ferrara, Ki.'iO; Amsterdam, IGII ; Venice, KilT ; and with cor- rietions. improvements, and an introduction by Manas- seh ben -Israel, Amsterdam, KJaO; with tables of the Haphtaroth, indices of chapters, jndges, kings, and jirophets of Israel according to the Ds'lj' "iTO, as well as with an elaborate introduction by (iillis Joost (ibid. 1G4G), and with a new preface and corrections by Sam. de Cazeres (ibid. 1661 ). See Fiirst, Bibl. Jud. iii, 4()3 sq. ; l)e' Rossi, Dizionario Storico, p. 3"24 (Cierm. transl.) ; id. l)e Tiipographia Ilehnvo-Ferrarensi, p. 28-46 ; Stein- schneider, Catalorj. Libr. llehr. in Bibl. Bodl. col. 195; Etheridge, [iitroduction to Flebrew Literature, p. 453; Ticknor, History of Spanish Literature, i, 41, note (Amer. ed.) ; Finn, »S(7;/ia?'(ZM?, p. 468 sq. ; Lindo, //w- torji of the Jeu's in Spain, p. 361 ; Da Costa, Israel and the Gentiles, p. 394 sq. ; Kitto, Ci/clop. s. v. ; Kayserling, Gesch. d. Jiiden in Portugal, p. 268 ; (iriitz, Gesch. d. Ju- den, ix, 344 sq. ; Rosennililler, Handbuch fiir die Litera- tur der bibl. Kritik und Exegese, iv, 268 sq. ; Simon, IJistoire Crit. da V. T. p. 311. (B. P.)
Ussermanii, ^Emilian, a Roman Catholic divine of Gortnany, was born at St. Ulrich, in Baden, Oct. 30, 1737, occupied the chair of theology at Salzburg from 1767 to 1769, and died Oct. 27, 1798, as doctor of theol- ogy and capitulary in the monastery of the Benedic- tines of Sanct Blasien. He is the author of, Kpiscopatus Wirceburg. sub MetropoU Moguntina Chronol. et Diplo- mat. Illustratus (Sanct Blasien, 1794): — Kpiscopatus Bamberg. . . . Illiistr.{i[m\.lHOi): — Succinct a Explicatio Locorum quorundam Difficiliorum Pentateuchi quoad Sensum Literalem, Moralem, Poletnicum, A llegoricum et Aniilogicum ex Contextu jvcecipue Locis Purallelis ac Linguis Adornata (Munich, 1767): — Compendium Syn- taxeos Hebraicce, una cum Analyst Libri Geneseos, etc. (Salzburg, 1769). See F'iirst, Bibl. .hid. iii, 465; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Literatur, i, 779, 787. (B. P.)
Usteri, Leonhard, a Swiss theologian, was born Oct. 22, 1799, at Zurich. He studied in his native place, and having been ordained in 1820, he went to Berlin to attend the lectures of Schleiermacher. In
1823 he returned to his native city, and commenced a course of private lectures on the Pauline epistles. In
1824 he was called to Berne as professor and director of the gymnasium, and died there Sept. 18, 1833. He combined exact scholarship with philosophic depth and acumen. He wrote, Commentatio Critica, in qua Joannis Erangelium Genuinum esse, ex Comparatis I V Eeangeli- orum de Cana Ultima et de Passinne Jesu Christi Nar- rntionibus Ostemlilur ( Turici, 1823), written against Bretschneider : — Eiitu-ickelung des Paulinischen Lehr- hegrijfes in seinein Verhdltnisse zur biblischen Dogmatik des Neuen Testaments, etc. (Zurich, 1824; 6th ed. 1851): — Comnienlar iiber den Brief Pauli an die Galater (ibid. 1833). He also published some essays in the Stud. n. Krit. See Theolog. Universal-Lex. s. v. ; Zuchold, Bibl. Theoloq. ii, 1373; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Literatur, i, .32, 88, 261, 294 ; ii, 812. (B. P.)
Ustick, Hugh Stewart, a Presbyterian minis- ter, was born at Bhiomingburgh, O., Sept. 9, 1832. He pursued his academical studies in Salem Academy, Ross Co., O., and graduated at Miami University in 1853. He studied theology in New Albany Seminary; was licensed to preach by Chillicothe Presbytery in 1855; employed by the American Tract Society during 1856; and ordained as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Hamilton. O.. in May. 18,57. He died Oct. 31, 1857. See Wilson, Pre.-^b. Hist. A Imanac, 1864, p, 200.
Ustick, Stephen C, a prominent Baptist \t\y- man, sou of the Rev, Thomas Ustick, was born in New
York city in 1773. He was a printer by trade, and de- voted himself to his secular calling with great activity. For many years he was a deacon in the Burlington, N. J., Baptist Church, and took a deep interest in all plans for religious work, both at home and abroad. For some time his home was in Washington, I). C. lie removed to Batavia, O., in which place he died, Nov. 11, 1837. Mr. Ustick was one of the founders of the Baptist Triennial Convention, formed in 1814 with special reference to carrying on the work of for- eign missions. See the Missionary Jubilee, p. 119. (J. C. S.)
Ustur, in Chaldrean mythology, was a class of protecting genii witii the face of a human being, and referred to in Ezekicl's (i, 10; x, 14) vision by the river Chebar. See Lenormant, Chaldcean Magic, p. 121.
Usuard, a French hagiographer of the 9th century, was a monk of Saint-Germain-des-Pres at Paris. He wrote a Martyrology under the countenance of Charles the Bald, which was first printed at the end of Rudi- mentum Novitio7-um (1475), and afterwards served as the basis of the Martyrologium Romanum. He died Jan. 8, 876 or 877. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. V.
Usurpation of a Bp;nefice is the act (by a stranger who has no right to do so) of presenting a clerk, who is thereupon admitted to, and instituted in, a Church benefice. Anciently such an act deprived the legal patron of his advowson ; but now no usnr|iation can displace the estate or interest of the patron, but the true patron may present upon the next avoidance, as if no such usurpation had occurred. — Lee, Gloss of Lilurg. Terms, s. v.