Johann Ernst Faber

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Johann Ernst Faber (born February 8, 1745 in Simmershausen near Hildburghausen ; † March 15, 1774 , other date April 15, 1774 in Jena ) was a German university professor .

Life

Johann Ernst Faber was the son of a clergyman; his brother was Johann Melchior Faber (born January 18, 1743 in Simmershausen, † January 31, 1809).

He attended grammar school in Coburg (today: Casimirianum ) and enrolled at the University of Göttingen in 1765 , where he heard lectures from Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch , Gottfried Less , Christian Gottlob Heyne and Johann David Michaelis and devoted himself particularly to the oriental languages .

In 1768 he became a member of the Theological Repetent College and he obtained his doctorate in philosophy with the first part of his dissertation Descriptio commentarii in LXX interpretes ; with the second part De Animalibvs Qvorvm Fit Mentio Zephan. II. 14. / Consentiente Amplissimo Philosophorvm Ordine Praeside Io. Ern. Fabro Phil. D. Dispvtabit Avctor Ern. Lvdov. Friederici Slesvicensis Sacr. Litter. He completed his habilitation in the following year 1769 at the University of Göttingen and gave lectures there as a private lecturer.

In 1770 he was offered a full professorship in philosophy and oriental languages ​​at the University of Kiel . Just two years later, in 1772, he was appointed professor of oriental languages ​​at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Jena . Among his students in Jena was Wilhelm Friedrich Hezel .

Writing

Johann Ernst Faber wrote several important writings in the fields of Hebrew , Talmudic and rabbinic and Arabic .

In his work Archeology of the Hebrews , he did not, as was customary at the time, deal with religious-institutional or political aspects, but rather dealt with the way of life, the household, the subsistence level, the arts and the sciences. In addition, in 1772 he published his translation of Thomas Harmer's (1714–1788) Observations on the Orient from travelogues to clarify the holy scriptures ; Due to his early death, the work was then published in two more volumes by David Christoph Seybold and Friedrich August Clemens Werthes .

During his stay in Kiel , he edited the Kielische learned newspaper together with Johann Heinrich Fricke and Christian Cay Lorenz Hirschfeld .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Volbehr: Professors and lecturers at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . Hirt, Kiel 1956 ( uni-kiel.de [accessed on March 4, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Maike Rauchstein: Strange Past: On the Oriental Studies of the Göttingen scholar Johann David Michaelis (1717-1791) . transcript Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8394-3730-8 ( google.de [accessed on March 4, 2020]).
  3. ^ Karl Wilhelm Justi: Supplementary biographies, and complete index over all 18 volumes . 1819 ( google.de [accessed on March 4, 2020]).
  4. ^ Kathrin Wittler: Morgenländischer Glanz: A German Jewish literary history (1750-1850) . Mohr Siebeck, 2019, ISBN 978-3-16-156486-4 ( google.de [accessed on March 4, 2020]).
  5. ^ Giorgio Cusatelli, Maria Lieber, Heinz Thoma, Eduardo Tortarolo: Scholarship in Germany and Italy in the 18th century . Walter de Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-093236-2 ( google.de [accessed on March 4, 2020]).
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SURNAME Faber, Johann Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faber, Joannes Ernestus; Faber, Ioannes Ernestus; Faber, Johannes Ernst; Faber, Johannes Ernestus; Faber, Joh. Ernst .; Faber, Johann E .; Faber, Johann F .; Fabri, Joannes Ernestus; Fabrus, Io. Ern .; Fabrus, Johann Ernestus; Fabrus, Johannes Ernestus; Fabrus, John Ernestus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH Simmershausen near Hildburghausen
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1774 or April 15, 1774
Place of death Leipzig