Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer
Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer (born December 11, 1753 in Koenigsberg , † November 21, 1823 in Copenhagen ) was a German Protestant theologian , philologist , librarian and Bible translator .
Life
As the son of the theologian Johann Heinrich Daniel Moldenhawer , he received training at the Königsberger Collegium Fridericianum (under Herder ), at the Hamburg Johanneum and at the University of Göttingen (with Christian Gottlob Heyne , Johann David Michaelis , Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch ).
In 1777 he became professor for theology and oriental languages in Kiel . On the recommendation of Johann Andreas Cramer , who was related by marriage to Moldenhawer , he received a three-year travel grant from the Danish royal court and thus opened up Bible manuscripts in Spain. In 1784 he became professor of church history and dogmatics at the University of Copenhagen and contributed to the triumphant advance of rationalism in Denmark. In 1786 Moldenhawer was sent to Spain again, this time on a secret diplomatic mission.
From 1788 Moldenhawer was the chief librarian of the Danish Royal Library . Under his leadership, the book inventory there tripled to 250,000 volumes, and after Moldenhawer's death the library was able to acquire part of his private library, which comprises 12,000 volumes.
Moldenhawer was a Freemason and Illuminate. He received numerous honors; so in 1809 he became a knight of the Royal Danish Order of Dannebrog . From 1798 he was a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences . In 1790/91 and 1799/1800 he was rector of the University of Copenhagen.
Works
- The book of Job translated and explained , 2 vols., Leipzig 1780/81
- The Bible in its true form, for your friends and enemies , 3 vols., Halle 1786/87 (anonymous; Hartmut Hövelmann attributes it to Moldenhawer in key passages of the Luther Bible )
- Trial of the Order of the Templars. From the original files of the papal commission in France , Hamburg 1792.
literature
- Ada Adler : DG Moldenhawer og hans Haandskriftsamling , Copenhagen 1917
- Carsten Erich Carstens : Moldenhawer, Daniel Gotthilf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 92.
- Christoph Schmitt : Moldenhawer, Daniel Gotthilf. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , Sp. 38-41.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhard Markner u. a. (Ed.): The Correspondence of the Illuminati Order, Vol. 2, Berlin 2013, p. 184.
- ^ List of rectors on the University of Copenhagen website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moldenhawer, Daniel Gotthilf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moldenhauer, Daniel Gotthilf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1753 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsberg (Prussia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1823 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |