Bernhard Ziegler (theologian)
Bernhard Ziegler (born November 10, 1496 in Gauernitz , † January 2, 1552 in Leipzig ) was a Lutheran theologian, Hebrew and reformer.
Life
Bernhard Ziegler came from a noble family and was the son of the ducal Saxon councilor and captain in Friesland Caspar Ziegler auf Gauernitz and Katharina von Miltitz as well as a cousin of the monastery governor Hieronymus Ziegler , the founder of the Ziegler and Klipphausen line .
In 1512 he studied in Leipzig. He learned Hebrew from Antonius Margaritha .
Around 1521 he became a monk in the Altzella monastery, but left the monastery again and turned to Luther's teachings . He probably stayed in Liegnitz with Conrad Cordatus from autumn 1526, where Theodor Bibliander was also appointed as a teacher. Johann Hess remembered his wife's eloquence in letters. However, as a result of the plague, the university soon ceased operations.
From 1525 he worked in Ansbach as a Hebrew professor and reformer. Here he was provost of the collegiate monastery St. Gumbertus .
In 1540, on the recommendation of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, he came to the University of Leipzig , where he received his Bacca in 1541. Theol. and Lic. Theol., 1543 Dr. theol. has been. From 1544 he was a member of the theological faculty. He was the preceptor of Valentin Winsheim from Dippoldiswalde.
He took sides with Matthias Lauterwald in the dispute with Osiander. He also quarreled with Michael Helding and Nikolaus von Amsdorf . He looked after the family of Dominicus Sleupner, who died in 1547 . In the summer of 1549, Osiander became famous for Ziegler's thesis on the disputation of Heaven and Heaven .
He was one of the language experts whom Luther repeatedly consulted to revise his German translation of the Bible.
Bernhard Ziegler was married to Anna von Krosigk and left behind a son named Christoph, who was the owner of the Berbisdorf manor but left no descendants himself.
Works
- Capita Disputationis de Ecclesia, Iustitia, Fide ac Ministerio eius, ex Iesaia, Leipzig 1544. ( digitized version )
- De Sacramento Altaris, Seu Coena Dominica et Missa, Leipzig 1548. ( digitized version )
- Oratio de coniunctione et unitate Christianorum, contra non necessarias separationes, et aemulationes perversas, Leipzig 1549. ( digitized version )
literature
- Melchior Adam : Vitae Germanorum philosophorum… . Frankfurt am Main 1615, p. 140 f. ( Digitized version )
- Jan Bergmann: Laterensis - A short portrait of the Hebraist, theologian and almost forgotten reformer Bernhard Ziegler (1496–1552) . In: Archive for Family History Research , H. 2 (2011), pp. 61–66.
- Hermann Jordan : Reformation and learned education in the Margraviate of Ansbach-Bayreuth. A prehistory of the University of Erlangen, part 1: until around 1560 (sources and research on Bavarian church history, vol. 1.1), Leipzig 1917, ins. Pp. 133-176.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joachim Camerarius : Oratio about the leich deß venerable and noble Mr. Bernhardten Zigler, the holy writings and princes of Hebraic languages Doctorn. Done at Leiptzig, in the Universitet Kirchen S. Pauls , by the highly educated Mr. Joachimum Camerarium, in the beginning of the Jhars MD LII. the next day in January, Leipzig with Andreas Richter 1566, in: Caspar Cruciger : Declaration on the First Epistle S. Pauli to Timotheum, Leipzig 1566.
- ^ Letter from Philipp Melanchthon to Johannes Bretschneider, Leipzig January 7, 1552, in: Corpus Reformatorum 7, p. 905, No. 5020: http://www.haw.uni-heidelberg.de/forschung/forschungsstellen/melanchthon/mbw- online.de.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ziegler, Bernhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ziegler, Bernhard von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and Hebraist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1496 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gauernitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 1552 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |