Andreas Sennert

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Andreas Sennert

Andreas Sennert (born June 7, 1606 in Wittenberg ; † December 21, 1689 ibid) was a German orientalist , lexicographer and librarian .

Life

Andreas Sennert was the son of the doctor Daniel Sennert (1572–1637). He studied at the University of Wittenberg , at the University of Leipzig , with Johann Gerhard at the University of Jena and in 1636 with Johann Schmidt (theologian, 1594) at the University of Strasbourg . He continued his studies at the University of Leiden with Jacob Golius (1596–1667), from whom he learned the Arabic language and himself developed a good method to convey the same. After returning to Wittenberg, he became an associate professor of philosophy in 1638 and, in 1640, a full professor of Hebrew language and oriental studies as the successor to Jakob Weller .

In those years of activity, but also as a historian on the history of the Wittenberg University, he gained a lot of recognition for the philosophy faculty and thus indirectly also for the university. Sennert, who also became a senior at the Wittenberg Academy in 1668, took part in the organizational tasks of the alma mater. He was repeatedly dean of the philosophical faculty and in the winter semester 1648 prorector of the University of Wittenberg. Rector of this university in the summer semesters 1664 and 1688 . In his capacity as librarian at the Wittenberg University, he gained a lot of recognition by publishing a directory for the university.

He was buried on December 26, 1689 in the Wittenberg Castle Church, where an epitaph was erected for him .

Act

Sennert, who shaped the Wittenberg Chair for Orientalists for almost half a century, placed particular emphasis on learning the Arabic language. He wanted to make the indispensable writings and inventions of the Arab world accessible to theologians, doctors, mathematicians and philosophers. In his main works, the Hypotyposis harmonica linguarum Orientalium and the Grammatica orientalis , he treated the various Semitic languages ​​and dialects synoptically. In the works he successively referenced the Hebrew language, the Chaldean language, the Syrian language, the Arabic language, the Targume and the Talmud , adding the appropriate dictionaries.

Especially in the Hebrew language, he was concerned with the vowels and accents. In doing so, he went beyond the then prevailing interpretations and continued to develop them for a long time. As a librarian at the Wittenberg University of Applied Sciences, he was responsible for buying books for many years and thus had an influence on the organization of the study program at Leucorea that should not be underestimated. It is also quite remarkable that Andreas Sennert has entries in the register. In addition, there is a large number of dissertations that arose in the context of his university activities.

family

Sennert was married twice. His first marriage was on February 5, 1639 in Delitzsch with Maria (* December 18, 1615 in Delitzsch; † January 26, 1661 in Wittenberg), the daughter of the notary, lawyer and mayor of Delitzsch Johann Franz († January 29, 1639 ) and his wife Maria, daughter of the electoral Saxon magistrate in Delitzsch Georg Grosmann. The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Maria Dorothea Sennert († November 18, 1662) married. May 1661 Johann Daniel Major Dr. phil. and. Med.,
  • Anna Magaretha Sennert († before mother),
  • Daniel Sennert († before mother),
  • Johann Andreas Sennert (born April 8, 1644 in Wittenberg),
  • Anna Christina Sennert († before mother)
  • Anna Sophia Sennert († before mother).

After the death of his first wife, Sennert married Dorothea, the daughter of Christoph Notnagel , on May 13, 1662 in Wittenberg . One daughter is known from this marriage:

  • Johanna Sophia Sennert (born May 19, 1667 in Wittenberg),

After his death, his widow married Johann Karl Naeve .

Publications

  • De divino nomine Elohim. 1645, 1650
  • Exercitationum philos. Theol. duas, quarum prior de notis naturalibus ..., posterior de conscientia, eiusdem constitutione ... 1650
  • Chaldaism et Syriasmus, hoc est, praecepta utrius que linguae ... acc. in fine lexici utriusque linguae compendium Lexici. 1651
  • Prima epistola Johannis Syriace cum versitione latina. 1652
  • Hypotyposis harmonica linguarum Orientalium, Chaldaeae, Syrae Arabicaeque cum matre hebrea. Wittenberg 1653 etc.
  • Sciagraphia doctrinae inextricabilis ashue de accentibus hebraeorum. Wittenberg 1653, 1670
  • Manualis concordantium Ebraeo-Biblicarum Jo. Buxtorfii prodromus. 1653
  • Beatus Homo: sive Psalmus primus Regis et Prophetae David: De "Eudaimonia" vel sum Bono Hominis Spiritualis. 1654
  • Dissertatio philologica de Cabbala. Maximè Ebraesrum .... 1655
  • Athenae: Itemq [ue] Inscriptiones Wittebergenses: Libri II. Wittenberg 1655, 1678, 1699
  • Dissertatio de Ebrææ ss linguæ, necnon Orientalium reliqq. ex parte, origine [& c.]. Præmittitur programma. 1657, 1669
  • Centuria canonum philologicum, de idiotismis linguarum orientalum, hebraeae, Chaldaeae, syrae, arabicae. Wittenberg 1657
  • Centuria canonum philologicorum: sive… De idiotismis linguarum Orientalium. 1657
  • Arabism, he Præcepta Arabicæ linguæ. Accessit in fine Compendium lexici Arabici. 1658
  • In Psalmos Poenitentiales, quos vocant, septem Notae sive exercitationes breviasculae, maxime philologicae. 1658
  • Centuria proverbiorum Arabicorum, cum interpretatione Lat. ed. A. Sennerto. 1658
  • Disquisitio philologica de literatura braeo-samaritana. 1659
  • Symbolum apostolicum: fidei confessio Christianae, repetita breviter, & c Acc. in fine dissertatio sub titulo: Christianus non-Christianus. 1661
  • Ebraism, chaldaism, syriasm, arabism, nec non rabbinism, he Præcepta gramm: totidem II. Orientalium ... 1663
  • Grammatica orientalis eademque harmonica. Wittenberg 1666
  • Chaldaism et Syriasm. 1666
  • De articulis fidei fundamentalibus exercitation theologigica. Wittenberg 1666
  • Arabism: he praecepta arabicae linguae. 1666
  • Rabbinism he praesepta Targumico - Talmudico - Rabbinicou in harmonia ad Ebraea, eademque Universalia, Chaldaeo-Syra nec non Arabica… conscripta. Accessit Compendium lexici etc. Wittenberg 1666
  • Exercitationum theologicarum trias: quibus I. Theologia… II. Anthropologia, & c III. Christologia ... exponuntur .... 1667
  • Scrutinium religionum sive exercitatio theologico-historica de religionum orbis universarum varietate in communi, et in specie, quod una sola christiana, et praesertim evangelica sit vera. 1668
  • Exercitatio theol. de principio religionis in genere, et verae s. christianae in specie, quod nempe sit verbum Dei scriptum, seu scriptura sacra. 1669
  • De Aqvis Supracoelestibus: & quidem, Pro Negativa earundem, petita maxime ex Fontibus originariis & sacris, Qvaestio & Responsio. Wittenberg 1670 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de )
  • Harmonia. 1670
  • Christianus: sive Exercitationum, maximé theolog. selectiorum, fasciculus; circa Religionis, Christianae 1. Principium, 2. Veritatem & 3. Summam, Cum huc pertinentibus et cognatis, etc. 1671
  • Canticum Canticorum Selomonis notis illustratum breviculis, grammaticis, philologicis, Logicis sive analyticis, et ex parte mysticis sive theologicis: ... 1671
  • Canticum canticorum Salomonis notis illustratum breviculis. 1671
  • Scrutinium linguarum orientalium: Ebræo-Chaldæo-Syro-Arabico-Persico- Æthiopicæ. 1674
  • Inscriptio hieroglyphica, in rupe quadam montis Oreb. ... incisa. 1675
  • Exercitationum critico-philologicarum heptas. 1675
  • Pastor seine bonus: ie Psalmus XXIII. cum unà subseqq. 24 and 25. 1676
  • De Urim et Tummim dissertatio philologica prior. 1677
  • Exercitationum philologicarum: IV. De musica. Wittenberg 1677
  • Exercitationum philologicarum heptas altera: quarum I. De div. Nom. Elohim, add. mantissa de Jehovah, II. De masorah, III. De caballah, IV. De musica Ebraeor., V. De scholis, studiis, & c. & c. eorundem, VI. De mendis codicum apographorum v. instr. Ebr. hodiernor., VII. De sceptro Judah, & c. ex ... Wittenberg 1678
  • Bibliothecae academiae Wittebergensis publicae, librorum quà 1. theologicorum 2. juridicorum 3. medicorum 4. philosophicorum 5. historicorum 6. orientalium 7. & qui noviter huic de anno LXXII accesserunt, è veteribus recentioribusque, & c. extantiores classicique ferè, usui academico eidemque ... 1678
  • Extantiores Classicique ferè, Usus Academico… exhibiti. 1678
  • Bibliotheca academiae Wittebergensis publica. 1678
  • Summarium fidei Christianæ: or Christl. Faith summa / according to the instructions of the most necessary main piece Christl. Doctrine / convey their most noble sayings salvation. Göttl. Writes / bare and badly represented and written etc. Wittenberg 1679
  • Schedisma de linguis orientalibus. Wittenberg 1681
  • Exercitationum critico-philologicarum Heptas I-III. 1681
  • Triga exercitationum philologicarum… quarum I. De dicto classico sive prot-evangelio, quod dicitur, Gen. III. v. 15. II. De loco ex psalm. XL. v. 15. III De psalm. CXVII notis illustrato brevic. philologicis ... 1685
  • Catalogus disputationum philologicarum, publ. in Acad. Witteberg. Habitarum. 1686

Handwritten legacies

  • In VII. Psalmos poenitentiales, notae breviusclae philogicae.
  • In XV. Psalmos grauum notae philologicae.
  • Manuale concordantiarum Ebraeo biblicarum Jo. Buxtorfii.
  • Biblotheca orientalis p. idea pleni systematis linguarum Orientalum, t. Braeae, Caldaeae, Syrae, Arabicae
  • Symbolium Apostolici exegesis brevis et suceincta scholastic theological.

Editorships

  • Christian thoughts on how to live and die happily. 1636
  • Martini Trosti Grammatica ebraea eademque universalis recognita et locupletata, vice altera: Acc. huic item editioni in fine… hypotyposis harmonica linguarum orient. chaldaeae, syrae arabicaeque cum matre ebraea. 1643, 1653

literature

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Church book Wittenberg
  2. ^ Friedrich B. Bellmann, Marie Luise Harksen, Roland Werner: The monuments of Lutherstadt Wittenberg . Böhlau, 1979, p. 106
  3. ^ Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes . Vol. 5, p. 504, R 4989
  4. ^ Church books Wittenberg
personal data
SURNAME Sennert, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sennertus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German orientalist, lexicographer and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1606
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittenberg
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1689
Place of death Wittenberg