Christian Friedrich Börner

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Christian Friedrich Börner

Christian Friedrich Börner (also: Boerner ; born November 6, 1683 in Dresden ; † November 19, 1753 in Leipzig ) was a German Lutheran theologian .

Life

Börner came from an established Saxon family of theological scholars. Christian Friedrich's father was the royal Polish and electoral Saxon court, church and senior consistorial advisor Johann Georg Börner (1646 / 47–1713). His mother Katherina Elisabeth was the daughter of Martin Geiers and Christina Elisabeth, daughter of Benedikt Carpzov the Elder. J. .

Börner completed his first studies in 1701 at the University of Leipzig , where he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy in 1703 and completed his habilitation in 1704 as a master's degree in Legens. On November 18 of the same year he moved to the University of Wittenberg . In 1705 he applied to the philosophical faculty for an adjuncture and went on a scholarly journey with Johann Wilhelm von Berger , which took him to Amsterdam , where he acquired an important manuscript of the Pauline letters , which was later published and known as Codex Boernerianus .

Subsequently, he traveled to England , where he primarily at the University of Oxford , at the University of London and at the University of Cambridge operational studies and the then-known men in the universities met. Returning to Leipzig, he became professor of ethics in 1707 and professor of Latin and Greek in 1708. 1708 he was awarded a Bachelor's degree and a doctorate in the same year Doctor of theology.

In 1710 he became associate professor of the theological faculty, in 1711 librarian of the Pauliner University Library in Leipzig (-1736), senior of the Bavarian nation and member of the great prince's college . In 1713 he was promoted to a full professorship in theology, represented the university at the regional convent in Dresden in 1718, rose to the theological professorship in 1721, was a senior in the theological faculty in 1723 and was associated with it in 1735 canons in Zeitz , and in 1741 in Meißen , Decemvir and Ephorus of the electoral scholarship holders. In 1731 he became an assessor of the Leipzig consistory , was repeatedly dean of the theological faculty and in the summer semesters 1710, 1714, 1718, 1724, 1726, 1728, 1732, 1736 and 1742 rector of the alma mater .

Act

Boerner had specialized in Old and New Testament exegesis. He was a fruitful writer (see above all Meusel and Döring), who treated Christian dogmas in general and the Old Testament prophecies about Christ in some polemical ways. Above all, his merit lies in the publication of Luther's writings (1728–34), especially his translation of the Bible (1730).

Börner was a representative of Lutheran orthodoxy , at the same time a universally educated man. Working in the field of classical studies, so the publication of a Greek lexicon, withdrew from theological work. His scientific work was valued for its light and clear form as well as the transparent Latinity, as was his sermons. Börner is considered to be a pioneer of the philological and historical interpretation of scriptures at the Leipzig Faculty of Theology.

family

Börner was married twice. 17 children came from these marriages, the majority of whom died early. His first marriage was with Dorothea Sybille, the daughter of the Leipzig mayor Gottfried Gräve (born November 20, 1641 in Naumburg; † October 31, 1719 in Leipzig). After her death he married again with Rahel Christine Schreiter (born December 19, 1704, † February 22, 1750 in Leipzig).

It is known of the children that a daughter married the senior consistorial advisor Wilhelm Abraham Teller (1734–1804) in Berlin, a daughter Friederica Elisabeth 1744 Christoph Wolle (1700–1761) and Johanna Sophia married the mathematician and ethnologist Georg Friedrich Richter . In addition, the sons Friedrich Börner , Georg Gottlieb Börner (born March 30, 1734 in Leipzig; † May 5, 1804 ibid) and the physician Christian Friedrich Börner the Younger (born February 16, 1736 in Leipzig; † February 7, 1800) are known .

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  1. ^ Johann Christoph Strodtmann - 1749.
  2. ↑ Amused Pleißenstadt: Bach in Leipzig by Hartinger, Anselm, p. 87f.
personal data
SURNAME Borner, Christian Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Christian Friedrich Boerner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1683
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1753
Place of death Leipzig