Johann Heinrich Callenberg
Johann Heinrich Callenberg (born January 12, 1694 in Molschleben ; † July 16, 1760 in Halle (Saale) ) was an orientalist, publicist and theologian.
Life
After completing high school in Gotha, the farmer's son studied philology and theology in Halle from 1715. There he received an extraordinary, in 1735 a full professorship for oriental languages and in 1739 a professorship for theology .
Due to his special interest in the Jewish and Mohammedan mission , he founded the Institutum Judaicum et Muhammedicum at the suggestion of Johann Andreas Hochstetter and initiated by August Hermann Francke in 1728 , which was merged with the Francke Foundations in 1792 . The foundation translated the Bible and edifying writings into oriental languages and had these translations produced in-house. About 20 missionaries were trained and the first two missionaries, Johann Georg Widmann and Johann Andreas Manitius (1707–1758), were sent out in November 1730.
He was buried in Halle's Stadtgottesacker . His grave is in crypt arch 73, grave inscriptions are no longer preserved.
Works (selection)
- Report to some Christian friends of an attempt to guide the poor Jewish people to the knowledge and acceptance of Christian truth (with continuations). Hall 1728–1734 ( digitized) .
- Kurtze instructions for the Jewish-German language given by Joh. Heinrich Callenberg . Hall 1733 (digitized by Leo Baeck Institute )
- Narratio Epistolica Ad Cott. Mathervm Theologum Anglicanum Ecclesiæ Et Academiæ Bostoniensis In America Directa . Hall 1735 ( urn : nbn: de: gbv: 9-g-3152086 )
- News of an attempt to bring the abandoned Mohammedans to the wholesome knowledge of Christ . Hall 1739.
- News of the publication of the New Testament in the Indostan language . Hall 1758.
- Writings on the Yiddish language. Edited by Hans Peter Althaus . Elwert, Marburg 1966.
literature
- Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Gerhard Fleischer d. J., Leipzig, 1803 ( books.google.com )
- Heinrich Döring: The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. JKG Wagner, Neustadt an der Orla, 1831, Volume 1, p. 221 ( books.google.com )
- Gustav Leopold Plitt : Callenberg, Johann Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 707 f.
- Franz Lau: Callenberg, Johann Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 96 ( digitized version ).
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Johann Heinrich Callenberg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 863-864.
- Werner Raupp : Callenberg, Johann Heinrich. In: The Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers . Volume 1. General Editors Heiner F. Klemme, Manfred Kuehn. London / New York 2010, pp. 180–181.
- Franz Theodor Adler: Messages from Johann Heinrich Callenberg's letters , 1868.
- Gustav Plitt: Brief History of the Lutheran Mission in Lectures. Andreas Teichert, Erlangen 1871. (on Callenberg in the 18th lecture from p. 297, limited preview in the Google book search)
- Paul Gerhard Aring : Christians and Jews today - and the “mission to the Jews”? History and theology of Protestant mission to the Jews in Germany, presented and examined using the example of Protestantism in central Germany . Frankfurt am Main 1987.
- Christoph Rymatzki: Halle Pietism and Mission to the Jews. Johann Heinrich Callenberg's Institutum Judaicum and its circle of friends (1728–1736) (= Hallesche Forschungen, 11). Publishing house of the Francke Foundations Halle im Max Niemeyer, Tübingen 2004.
Web links
- Works by and about Johann Heinrich Callenberg in the German Digital Library
- Publications by and about Johann Heinrich Callenberg in VD 18 .
- Entry on Johann Heinrich Callenberg in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
- Thomas Müller-Bahlke : The travel diaries of the Institutum Judaicum et Muhammedicum of the journeys through Poland 1730/31. ceeol.com (PDF).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Callenberg, Johann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orientalist and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1694 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Molschleben near Gotha |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1760 |
| Place of death | Halle (Saale) |