Johann Heinrich May the Younger

Johann Heinrich May the Younger (also Henrich Majus, May; born March 11, 1688 in Durlach ; † June 13, 1732 in Gießen ) was a German orientalist and Hebrew.

Life

Johann Heinrich May the Younger was a son of Johann Heinrich May the Elder . From 1702 he studied at the University of Giessen , where he obtained the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy in 1707 . Then he continued his studies at the University of Altdorf , made a trip to Vienna in 1708 and then continued his studies at the University of Jena . In 1709 May was appointed professor for Greek and Oriental philology in Giessen.

Before taking office, he made a trip to Denmark . From 1713 he supported Zacharias Konrad von Uffenbach in cataloging his library, the first catalog of which appeared in 1720. In 1716 May also received the professorship in Classical Studies, in 1720 he became inspector of the schools in Upper Hesse and died unmarried. He left his library to the Giessen Academy in 1733, along with his coin collection.

Selection of works

1. Observationes Sacre. 4. Parts of Frankfurt / Main 1713
2. Bibliothecae Uffenbachianae Tomus I. Halle 1720
3. Luciani tractatus de longaevis, nova versione & notis ornatus
4. Graecae veritatis stylique apostici vindiciae
5. Versio & notae in R. Mosis filii Maimon tract.
6. De juribus anni septimi & jubilaei. Frankfurt / Main 1708
7. Diss. De eunuchismo Orgienis Adamnatini. Casting 1708
8. De auspiciis anni civilis Ebraeorum. Casting 1707
9. De Zabiis, ex antiquitate Orientali. Casting 1716
10. Specimen linguae Punicae in hodierna Melitensium superstitis. Marburg 1718
11. Notitia Imperii Adiabeni. Marburg 1718
12. De corona justitiae. Casting 1712
13. De corona sapientiae. Casting 1712
14. Historia nativitatis Christi, observationibus quibusdam illustrata. Casting 1717

literature

• Erwin Schmidt: Johann Heinrich May the Younger and the Gießen coin collection. In: Reports and works from the University Library Gießen 6. Univ.-Bibl .: Gießen 1964.
• Majus, Johann Heinrich a Philologus. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 19, Leipzig 1739, column 659.
• Carl Gustav Adolf Siegfried:  Majus, Johann Heinrich (Hebraist) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 123 f.

Web links

• Erwin Schmidt: Johann Heinrich May the Younger and the Giessen Coin Collection Article (full text); Justus Liebig University Giessen (PDF; 1.97 MB)
• Coin collection description; Helmholtz Center for Cultural Technology
• May, Johann Henrich the Younger. Hessian biography. (As of March 11, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).