Johann Benedict Carpzov II.

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Johann Benedict Carpzov II on an engraving by Martin Bernigeroth

Johann Benedict Carpzov II (born April 24, 1639 in Leipzig ; † March 23, 1699 ibid) was a German Lutheran theologian , ethnologist and philologist .

Life

As the son of Johann Benedikt Carpzov I, Carpzov initially enjoyed a solid education from private teachers, after which he attended the Thomas School in Leipzig . In 1654 he moved to the University of Leipzig and in the same year earned his bachelor's degree in the liberal arts. In 1655 he went to the University of Jena , where he attended the lectures of his landlord Christian Chemnitz , Johann Frischmuth (1619–1687) and Johann Andreas Bose . In 1656 he moved to the University of Strasbourg , was accepted by Johann Schmidt and heard the lectures of Johann Conrad Dannhauer , Sebastian Schmidt and Johann Heinrich Boecler . In 1657 he returned to Leipzig, and after the death of his father he went back to Strasbourg and achieved his goal there. In 1658 he went on an educational trip in accordance with the learned customs of the time.

During this trip he visited Tübingen , Ulm , Regensburg , Nuremberg , Altdorf and Heidelberg . Coming via Frankfurt am Main , where he witnessed the coronation of Emperor Leopold , he returned to Strasbourg, where he held his farewell disputation . Then he went to Basel and towards the end of 1658 returned to Leipzig, where he was the best of the disputants and obtained the academic degree of Magister in the Philosophical Faculty. In the following year he gave lectures on the Hebrew language , of which he had particular knowledge, and concentrated on studying theology with Johann Hülsemann , Hieronymus Kromayer , Martin Geier and Johann Adam Schertzer .

In 1662 he was employed by the city of Leipzig as a baccalaureus of theology Saturday preacher at St. Nikolauskirche , was appointed professor of ethics in 1665, received his doctorate in 1668 as a licentiate in theology, midday preacher and professor of oriental languages, 1671 vespers preacher, 1674 archdeacon , received his doctorate in 1678 he became a doctor of theology and in 1679 became pastor at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. Since he was also a full professor of the theological faculty, he also took part in the organizational tasks of the university. He administered the deanery of the theological faculty several times and the rectorate of Leipzig University in 1679, 1691 and 1697 .

In 1697 he became Ephorus of the royal Polish and electoral Saxon pupils, assessor at the Leipzig consistory , canon in Meissen and Decemvir . He was infected with the flu and died of its consequences. On March 30, 1699, his body was buried in Leipzig.

Appreciation

Although he sympathized with the views of Philipp Jacob Spener , he took decisive action against the spread of the Pietist movement in Leipzig. In the course of this, Christian Thomasius came into his field of vision, who defended August Hermann Francke . Carpzov and others finally succeeded in asserting themselves against Thomasius at the Dresden court, whereupon the latter had to leave Saxony.

Family and descendants

On October 19, 1668 he married Regina Maria (* October 4, 1655 in Leipzig, † October 27, 1680 in Leipzig), the daughter of the Leipzig bookseller M. Friedrich Lanckisch. His father-in-law, and after his death also his mother-in-law Regina Maria, geb. Great, published many of his works. Carpzov's wife Regina Maria Lanckisch died in a very short time together with her two sisters in the great plague epidemic in Leipzig in 1680. From this 12-year marriage came the children:

  • Johann Benedict Carpzov (* 1672 in Leipzig; † 1733 in Leipzig), master's degree and Saturday preacher at St. Nicolaikirche in Leipzig
  • Regina Elisabeth Carpzov (* around 1673 in Leipzig), married Gottfried Conrad von Korn from Wroclaw in 1689
  • Friedrich Benedict Carpzov (died before the father)
  • Regina Maria Carpzov (* around 1678 in Leipzig), married Johann Heinrich Ernesti in 1692
  • Regina Sophia Carpzov (died before the father)
  • Gottfried Benedict Carpzov, (* around 1677 in Leipzig), stud. jur. in Leipzig
  • Regina Christina Carpzov (died before the father)

His second marriage was on November 22, 1681 with Anna Kunigunde (* February 12, 1661 in Stettin; † May 12, 1694 in Leipzig), the daughter of the pharmacist from Stettin, Johann Göring († November 25, 1666) and his wife Anna Katharina Schildknecht († 1684), a. The 13-year marriage resulted in four sons and three daughters. One son survived the father. Are known:

  • Johanna Kunigunde Carpzov
  • Christian Benedict Carpzov (survived the father)
  • Conrad Benedict Carpzov
  • Benedicta Kunigunde Carpzov
  • August Benedict Carpzov
  • Samuel Benedict Carpzov (survived mother, died before father)
  • Anna Kunigunde Carpzov

He concluded his third marriage on June 18, 1695 with Amalia, the widow of the merchant and chamberlain Johann Rudolph Welsch. The two sons are known from their four-year marriage:

  • Amelius Benedict Carpzov
  • Ulrich Benedict Carpzov

Works

In addition to his dissertation and personal papers, the following publications have become known:

  • David's Danck = and praise = sacrifice / if he sacrificed to GOD after overcoming the plague of pestilence / from I. Paral.XXII, 25.26.27. and 2.Sam.XXIV, 25. in the whole of Chur = principality of Saxony after the plague time has passed, great THANKS = FESTE / was the VI. Sunday Trinity 1681. The Christian community at Sanct Thomas in Leipzig / presented as an example of guilty succession / by JO. BENEDICTO CARPZOV, Doct.Prof.Publ. and pastors. Leipzig, Fried. Lanckische Erben, 1681. Printed by Christoph Günther. (309 pages, contains, in addition to the appendix "Oratiuncula pro avertenda Peste", further information in the foreword on the circumstances of his wife and sisters-in-law.)
  • Indroductio in Theologiam Judaiam et lectionem Raymundi aliorumque id genus autorum , Leipzig and Frankfurt 1687
  • Imagio Pietismi , 1692
  • Selected virtues from the Holy Scriptures , Leipzig 1692
  • De jure decidendi controversias , Leipzig 1695 (a defense against Christian Thomasius of the episcopalian understanding of the sovereign church regiment )
  • Collegium rabbinico-biblicum in libellum Ruth , Leipzig 1709

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SURNAME Carpzov, Johann Benedict II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian, ethnologist and philologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1639
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1699
Place of death Leipzig