Caspar Jakob Huth
Caspar Jakob Huth (born December 25, 1711 in Frankfurt am Main , † September 14, 1760 in Erlangen ) was a German Protestant theologian and university professor .
Life
Caspar David Huth was the son of the businessman Friedrich Wilhelm Huth.
At first he received private lessons from private tutors in his parents' home and attended school and grammar school in Frankfurt am Main from 1717 to 1729 . During his childhood he visited his grandfather in Gonzenheim , who was a preacher there. When he did not appear in the church in time for the beginning of a service, Caspar David Huth said a few prayers and the blessing, to the amazement of the congregation.
In the winter semester 1729/30 he enrolled to study philology , philosophy and theology at the University of Jena .
On August 3, 1735 he received his Magister phil. and the right to give lectures in Jena; then he held lectures on rhetoric , poetics , exegesis and homiletics at the university.
The University of Erlangen appointed him third professor of theology on October 1, 1743, there he was awarded a doctorate in theology on November 4, 1743, associated with his appointment as university preacher on January 25, 1744, a dual position that he held at the was the first to hold the newly established university.
On October 30, 1748, he was appointed second full professor of theology, as well as pastor of the old town and the school of scholars at the grammar schools in Bayreuth and Erlangen. He introduced pronounced confirmation celebrations in Franconia and was also known as the Franconian lutherus redivivus ("the resurrected Luther ") of the 18th century.
In 1749, he turned down an appointment as first professor of theology at the University of Rinteln . This gave him financial advantages, but not the appointment to the church council that he wanted .
in the years 1746, 1750, 1754 and 1759/1760 he was prorector of the University of Erlangen.
Caspar David Huth was married to Mariana Ursula Hofmann since 1751; the marriage remained childless. He died prematurely of emaciation .
Memberships
- In 1732 Caspar Jakob Huth was senior of the Teutsche Gesellschaft in Jena, which was founded in 1728 as a branch of the Leipzig parent company.
- On April 18, 1755 he was co-founder and chairman of the German Society in Erlangen, which was founded on the model of the Pegnese Order of Flowers .
Fonts (selection)
- Freyherrn von Leibnitz's smaller philosophical writings, formerly by Heinr. Köhler translated into German, now overlooked on the new . Jena 1740.
- News of the inauguration and the current state of the Friedrichs Universität Erlangen . 1743.
- Schilo Bethlehemitanus sceptro ablato et judice Israelis depresso egressurus program . Erlangen 1748.
- Spiritus novi Testamenti ex baptismo Christi, non Johannis . Erlangen 1748.
- Duplicia gratiae post militiam expletam, Esaiae XL, 2: Commentatio pentecost . Erlangen 1749.
- Program Immanuel butyro vesciturus ac mele . Erlangen 1750.
- Mysterium Redemtionis ex theologia Iobi, Job XXXIII, 23. 24 . Erlangen 1754.
- Program Christ exinanitus, ad Phil. II. 5–8 . Erlangen 1756.
- Tears of repentance at the 50 year visit of God through fire, on the 10th Sunday after Trinit. 1756 to commemorate the conflagration, which caused the entire old town of Erlangen to go up in smoke on August 14, 1706, preached . Erlangen 1756.
- Christ exaltatus: Phil. II., 9–11 . Erlangen 1757.
- Semen mvlieris in throno Davidis: II. Sam. VII. 11-16 . Erlangen 1757.
- Oratio solemnis, qua auspicatissimas nuptias Friederici Marggravii Brandenburgi et Sophiae Carolinae, Ducis Brunsvicensis etc. devotissima pietate celebravit Academia Fridericiana . Erlangen 1759.
- Spiritvs Sanctvs Christi in his terris vicarius, Ioh. XIV. 16 . Erlangen 1759.
literature
- Caspar Jakob Huth . In: The professors and lecturers at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen 1743-1960 , Part 1: Theological Faculty, Law Faculty, Erlangen 1993. ISBN 3-922135-92-7 . P. 37 f.
- Caspar Jakob Huth . In: The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , 1st volume. Neustdt ad Orla 1831. pp. 772 f.
- Caspar Jakob Huth . In: Clemens Alois Baader : Lexicon of deceased Baierischer writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . First Part of Volume Two. AP.
Web links
- Caspar Jakob Huth . In: Index entry: German biography .
- Caspar Jakob Huth . In: Digital portrait index .
Individual evidence
- ^ Konrad Hammann: University service and enlightenment sermon: the Göttingen University Church in the 18th century and its place in the history of the university service in German Protestantism . S. 175. Mohr Siebeck, 2000, ISBN 978-3-16-147240-4 ( google.de [accessed on July 9, 2019]).
- ^ Carl Joseph Bouginé: Handbook of the general history of literature based on Heumann's outline . S. 334. Orell, 1791 ( google.de [accessed on July 9, 2019]).
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SURNAME | Huth, Caspar Jakob |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huth, Kaspar Jakob; Huth, Kaspar Jacob; Huth, Caspar Jacobus; Huth, Kaspar J .; Huth, Caspar J .; Huthius, Casparus J .; Huthius, Casparus Iacobus; Huthius, Casp. Jacobus; Huth, Caspar Jacob; Huthius, Casparus Jacobus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1711 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1760 |
Place of death | gain |