Johann Friedrich Hirt
Johann Friedrich Hirt (born August 16, 1719 in Apolda , † July 29, 1783 in Wittenberg ), also written Hirth , was a German Protestant theologian and orientalist.
Life
Born as the son of the craftsman Johann Jacob Hirt, he had already demonstrated extraordinary abilities in early childhood, so that in 1734 he was able to attend the grammar school in Weimar . There he acquired the skills to start studying at the University of Jena in 1738 . In 1742 he briefly left the university, went on a literary journey, but returned there in 1744 and acquired the ability to give lectures.
In addition, he completed the academic degree of a master's degree in 1747 and was accepted as an adjunct at the philosophical faculty in the same year . In 1748 he went to the Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium in Weimar as vice-principal and in 1758 received an extraordinary professorship at the Jena University. After he received his doctorate in theology, he was appointed superintendent , senior pastor and Saxe-Weimar consistorial councilor in 1761 and took over a professorship at the theological faculty in 1769.
In 1775 he was appointed to Wittenberg as the first professor of the theological faculty. He was thus senior pastor at the Wittenberg town church , general superintendent of the Saxon spa district and assessor at the Wittenberg consistory . He administered these offices until his death in 1783. In his writings he covers the exegesis of the Old Testament, Hebrew grammar and antiquity, and other Semitic languages.
Selection of works
- Biblia Hebraea analytica. 1753, 1769.
- Bibliorum analyticorum pars chaldaica. 1757.
- Introduction to the Hebrew art of division of the scriptures. 1762.
- Complete explanation of the Proverbs of Solomon. 1768.
- Institutiones Arabicae linguae. 1770.
- Syntagma observationum philologico-criticarum ad linguam sacram Veteris Testamenti perinentium. 1771.
- Oriental and exegetical library, parts 1–8. 1772-76.
- Wittenberg Oriental and Exegetical Library, Part 1–4. 1776-79.
- Anthologia Arabica. 1773.
literature
- Gustav Moritz Redslob : Shepherd, Johann Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 481 f.
- Johann Christoph Strodtmann: The new learned Europe, part 21, 1781 ( online )
- Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Gerhard Fleischer the Younger, Leipzig, 1805, vol. 5, p. 541 ( online )
- Friedrich August Weiz : The learned Saxony or directory of those in the Churfürstl. Saxon. and incorporated countries of contemporary writers and their writings. Verlag Carl Friederich Schneider, Leipzig, 1780, p. 113
- Veronika Albrecht-Birkner : Pastors book of the church province of Saxony. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2006, ISBN 3374021360 , p. 231
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shepherd, Johann Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johann Friedrich Hirth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1719 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Apolda |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1783 |
| Place of death | Wittenberg |