Johann Georg Rosenmüller

Johann Georg Rosenmüller, portrayed by Johann Friedrich August Tischbein (1802)

Johann Georg Rosenmüller (born December 18, 1736 in Ummerstadt near Hildburghausen , † March 14, 1815 in Leipzig ) was a German Protestant rationalist theologian.

From 1756 Rosenmüller studied theology at the University of Altdorf . In 1767 he became pastor in Hildburghausen and in 1768 in Heßberg near Hildburghausen. In 1772 he became deacon and adjoint superintendent in Königsberg (Franconia) and in 1773 professor and pastor in Erlangen . In 1783 he was appointed full professor, pedagogue, superintendent and consistorial assessor in Giessen .

Grave plaque for Johann Georg Rosenmüller and son Ernst Karl, Alter Johannisfriedhof Leipzig

In 1785 he became full professor at the University of Leipzig and president of the senior consistory in Leipzig, in 1793 also canon of the Meissen Monastery and in 1806 prelate.

His sons were the theologians Ernst Karl Rosenmüller (1768–1835), Philipp Rosenmüller (1775–1844), Georg Hieronymus Rosenmüller (1776–1824) and the physician Johann Christian Rosenmüller (1771–1820).

Works

Sermons about all Sunday and feast day gospels . With electoral Saxon most gracious privilege. Nuremberg, published by Johann Gottfried Stiebner, 1785
Morning and evening devotions . Hildburghausen: Hanisch, 1792.
Reflections on the most distinguished truths of religion for every day of the year . Leipzig: Fleischer, 1802.
Auserlesnes confession and communion book . 15th edition Nuremberg: Bieling, 1842.
Sermons on selected passages from Scripture: for all Sundays and feast days of the year . Leipzig: Fleischer, 1811.
Contributions to homiletics . Leipzig 1814.
Scholia in Novum Testamentum (5 vols.). Norimbergae: In officina Felseckeriana, 1801-1808.
Historia Interpretationis Librorum Sacrorum in Ecclesia Christiana (5 vols.). Hildburghusae: Apud Io. Godfr. Hanisch, 1795-1814. Vol. 3-5 imprint: Lipsiae, apvd G. Fleischer.

literature

Carl Gustav Adolf Siegfried : Rosenmüller, Johann Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, pp. 219-221.
Klaus-Gunther Wesseling: Rosenmüller, Johann Georg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 683-686. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Commons : Johann Georg Rosenmüller - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Johann Georg Rosenmüller in the catalog of the German National Library
University of Leipzig

personal data
SURNAME	Rosenmüller, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	December 18, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ummerstadt near Hildburghausen
DATE OF DEATH	March 14, 1815
Place of death	Leipzig