Johann Jakob Rambach (theologian, 1693)
Johann Jakob Rambach , also Johann Jacob Rambach (born February 24, 1693 in Halle (Saale) , † April 19, 1735 in Gießen ) was a German Protestant theologian and hymn poet .
Life
First he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter , then he was August Hermann Francke's student and theologian, later his successor as professor at the theological faculty of the University of Halle , 1731 professor and superintendent in Giessen, editor of a hymn book with numerous new songs. In the community life of the Protestant church, Rambach is still present today primarily through the song I am baptized in your name ( Evangelical hymn book No. 200), which is often sung after a baptism.
Rambach was married twice. His first marriage was in 1724 with Johanna Elisabeth (1706–1730), daughter of the professor of theology Joachim Lange . In the year of her death he married Anna Elisabeth (1697–1759), daughter of the Frankfurt pastor Johann Georg Büttner.
The writer and hymn poet Charlotte Elisabeth is known from his daughters . Her older sister Johanna Dorothea (1726–1775) is Pastor Griesbach, known from Goethe's Poetry and Truth , married to the theologian Johann Jakob Griesbach .
Works (selection)
- Uplifting handbook for children. Leipzig 1733 ( digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania).
- Uplifting handbook for children. Giessen 1734, edited by Stefanie Pfister and Malte van Spankeren, EVA Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-374-03754-4 .
literature
- Carl Bertheau : Rambach, Johann Jakob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 196-200.
- Helge Stadelmann and Peter Zimmerling (eds.): Johann Jakob Rambach (1693–1735). Practical theologian and interpreter , Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2019, ISBN 978-3-374-06220-1 .
- Matthias Wolfes : Rambach, Johann Jakob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 127 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Klaus-Gunther Wesseling : Rambach, Johann Jacob. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 1299-1307.
- Walter Hug: Johann Jacob Rambach. Religious pedagogue between the ages (practical theology today; vol. 63). Stuttgart 2003.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Jakob Rambach in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Johann Jakob Rambach in the German Digital Library
- Entry on Johann Jakob Rambach in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
- Works by Johann Jakob Rambach in the Gutenberg-DE project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernhard Leube : 200 - I am baptized in your name . In: Martin Evang, Ilsabe Seibt (Hrsg.): Liederkunde zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch . No. 21 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-525-50344-7 , pp. 9–14 , doi : 10.13109 / 9783666503443.9 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rambach, Johann Jakob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rambach, Johann Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian and hymn poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1693 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1735 |
| Place of death | to water |