Johann David Cube

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Johann David Cube (also Johann David Cube the Younger ; born March 14, 1724 in Groß Neuendorf ; † December 5, 1791 in Berlin ) was a Lutheran theologian , pastor and author of theological writings.

Career

Jerusalem Church after the renovation of 1878/1879

Historians have little information about his childhood and youth. At the age of 14 he left his grandfather's house and continued his education at the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin . The focus of his learning lay in theology , philosophy , philology and the study of Hebrew poets. In 1742, at the age of 17, he probably began his academic studies in Frankfurt an der Oder , at the Brandenburg University of Frankfurt . He later moved to the University of Halle , where he was particularly influenced by Sigmund Jakob Baumgarten . After graduating, he returned to his parents' home in Groß-Neuendorf. He intended not to take up a permanent position; Rather, he wanted to be free of intellectual theologian a literary record activity.

In order to secure his livelihood, he took the position of court master in the house of Mr. von Waldow in Mecklenburg around 1750 . Here he met his future wife Judith Wilhelmine Carita, who served as governess in the Waldow family. In 1752 he was appointed third preacher in the town church in Küstrin . In the turmoil of the Seven Years' War , he left Küstrin with his family in 1759 and moved to Berlin, where he was given the third position of preacher in the Jerusalem Church . In 1777 he moved to the second parish office and made a name for himself as a poetic and literary zeitgeist. He died on December 5, 1791 with his family and was quietly buried. Its extensive library on the old classics , church fathers and exegeses of the Holy Scriptures was auctioned off to the public.

Fonts (selection)

  • Notes on Doct. CA Heumann's proof that the teaching of the Reformed Church on Holy Communion is correct and true. Leipzig 1764 ( digitized version ).
  • Poetic and prosaic translation of the Book of Job. Three parts, Berlin 1769–1771.
  • Isaiah metrically translated with annotations. Two parts, Berlin 1785 and 1786.
  • About the death of the king. Decker, Berlin 1786 ( digitized version ).
  • Mixed poetic and prosaic writings. Berlin 1798 ( digitized version ).

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SURNAME Cube, Johann David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cube, Johann David the Younger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and poet
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH Groß Neuendorf
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1791
Place of death Berlin