Johann Heinrich Daniel Moldenhawer

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Johann Heinrich Daniel Moldenhawer (born October 29, 1709 in Halle an der Saale , † April 8, 1790 in Hamburg ) was a German Protestant theologian , librarian and Bible translator .

Life

Moldenhawer studied theology at the Königsberg Collegium Fridericianum . In 1733 he became a deacon in Kreuzberg, in 1737 in Königsberg. In 1744 he was appointed associate professor of theology, in 1764 he became a full professor. From 1756 to 1763 he was the librarian of the Wallenrodt library .

After losing his apartment and his personal library in a fire, he went to Hamburg in 1765, where he became cathedral pastor and the last lector secundarius at the Hamburg Cathedral . The time he had outside of this activity he used for studies, he published numerous books and translated the entire Bible on his own. He tried to bring the contents of the Bible closer to educated people and participated in the fragmentation dispute with some writings .

Moldenhawer was married three times and had 15 children, including the botanist Johann Jacob Paul Moldenhawer and the theologian and librarian Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer .

Works

  • Introduction to antiquities d. Egyptians, Jews, Greeks and Romans , Königsberg 1754
  • Insignificant thoughts about the calculation of the time of the events presented in the Book of Judges , Hamburg, 1766
  • Translation and explanation of the Old Testament, 10 volumes, Quedlinburg and Blankenburg, 1774–1787
  • The New Testament translated and explained in such a way that every unlearned can understand it , 4 parts, Quedlinburg and Blankenburg, 1787–1788

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SURNAME Moldenhawer, Johann Heinrich Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moldenhauer, Johann Heinrich Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, librarian and Bible translator
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1709
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle on the Saale
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1790
Place of death Hamburg