Johann Christoph Döderlein

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Johann Christoph Döderlein
Entry by Döderlein in the album amicorum by Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Anthing , Jena, 6 November 1784

Johann Christoph Döderlein (born January 20, 1745 in Windsheim , † December 2, 1792 in Jena ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

Döderlein was the son of pastor Johann Georg Döderlein († April 7, 1780) and his wife Adriana Sibylla Rücker. Educated by his father, he moved to the grammar school in his hometown, which was under the direction of Rector Georg Wilhelm Diez. He studied in Altdorf near Nuremberg from 1764 , then worked as a tutor and, in his twenty-second year, became a deacon in Windsheim on May 17, 1768. Here he devoted himself to the studies of the Church Fathers and was known for his Curae criticae et exegeticae . In 1772 he acquired a master's degree in Altdorf and was appointed to the university's third theological chair in the same year.

In 1773 he took over the position with the inaugural speech de Prophetis oratoribus and associated with it a pastorate as a deacon. In 1774 he acquired the degree of doctor of theology with the treatise de redemtione a potestate diaboli ut insigni Christi benefico . In Altdorf he was dean of the theological faculty three times and in 1780 the rector of the university. In September 1783 he accepted a call as second theological professor at the University of Jena and in 1784 became a councilor. He also participated in the organizational tasks of the Salina and was rector of the alma mater in the winter semesters of 1784 and 1790 . Doederlein was Old Testament exegete and theologian and representatives of neology .

Döderlein married Rosina Maria Merklein on June 5, 1771 in Windsheim († March 2, 1787 in Jena; born March 4, 1787 in Jena), the daughter of the builder and mayor of Windsheim Johann Georg Merklein. After her death, on April 6, 1790, he married Rosina Christina Eleonora von Eckardt (born September 11, 1779 in Coburg, † January 16, 1832 in Munich), the daughter of the Jena court advisor and professor Johann Ludwig von Eckardt. The children are known to Johann Gerhard Christoph Döderlein (born March 14, 1772 in Altdorf, enrolled in University of Jena on February 4, 1784), Maria Adriana Dorothea Barbara Döderlein (born July 13, 1774 in Altdorf; † August 18, 1774 ibid. ), Christian Theodor Friedrich Döderlein (born March 1, 1776 in Altdorf, enrolled at the University of Jena on February 4, 1784) and Johann Ludwig Christoph Wilhelm von Döderlein (1791–1863).

Works (selection)

  • Curae exegeticae in quaendam V. Test. oracula. Altdorf 1770
  • Jesias, ex recensione textus Hebrew ad codd. quorundam MStor. & versionum antiquar, fidem, lat. vertit. Altdorf 1775, 1780, 1789
  • Hugo Grotii Annotat, in V. Test. emendatius edidit, & brevibus complurium locorum dilucidationibus auxit. Halle 1776 (provided by Prof. Vogel in Halle)
  • Fragments and anti-fragments. Nuremberg 1776 ( online ), 1781, 1788
  • Institutio Theologi Christiani in capitibus Religionis theoreticis nostris Temporibus accommodata. Monath & Kusler, Nürnberg-Altdorf, 1782 1st volume ( online ); 1783 2nd Vol. ( Online ); 1787 ( online ); 1797, Vol. 1 ( online ); Vol. 2 ( online );
  • Proverbs of Solomon, newly translated with explanatory notes. Altdorf 1778, 1782 ( online ); 1786
  • Selected theological library in which news is given of the most important domestic and foreign theological books and writings. Johann Gottlieb Immanuel Breitkopf, Leipzig, 1780, 4th vol. 1st vol., ( Online ); 1787, 4th vol., ( Online )
  • Illustris Viri Domini Christophori Iacobi Trewii Medicinae Doctoris. 1780 ( online )
  • Solomon's preacher and high song. Jena 1787 ( online )
  • Christian religious instruction according to the needs of our time. Georg Peter Monath, Nürnberg & Altdorf, 1789, 4th volume ( online ); 1790, Volume 1, ( online ); 1791, 2nd vol., ( Online );
  • Opuscula Theologica. Jena 1789 ( online )
  • Scholia in Liberos veteris Testamenti poeticos Jacobum psalmos et tres salomonis. Yo. Jacob Curt, Halle, 1779, ( online )
  • Does the Bible give us hope for a future general conversion of the Jews? Nuremberg 1781 ( online )
  • Curarum exegeticarum et criticarum in quaendam veteris testamenti oracula. Nuremberg 1770 ( online )
  • Life and merits of Johann Sigmund Mörl, foremost preacher, professor and librarian in Nuremberg. Monath & Kußler, Nürnberg-Altdorf, 1793 ( online )
  • Explanation of the Our Father for common Christians. Nuremberg 1788 ( online )
  • Brief outline of the Christian moral doctrine. Jena 1789 ( online )

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personal data
SURNAME Döderlein, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Windsheim
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 1792
Place of death Jena