Johann Joachim Zentgraf

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Johann Joachim Zentgraf

Johann Joachim Zentgraf (born March 21, 1643 in Strasbourg ; † November 28, 1707 there ) was a German Lutheran theologian and professor in Strasbourg.

Life

Johann Joachim Zentgraf was born as the son of the goldsmith Michael Zentgraf and his wife Eva, née Ziegel.

He was enrolled at the University of Strasbourg in 1659 under the Lutheran theologian Johann Conrad Dannhauer . In addition to Dannhauer, Johann Faust and Rudolph Saltzmann were other academic teachers of his. On April 21, 1662 he achieved the degree of master's degree. From 1665 he went on a study trip to German cities and universities, including Mainz , Frankfurt am Main , Gotha , Leipzig , Wittenberg , Freiburg and Basel . In 1667 he studied with Abraham Calov in Wittenberg . In 1676 he received his doctorate in Strasbourg, in 1695 he was appointed professor of theology there. As the successor to Isaac Faust, he was appointed President of the Lutheran Church Convention and Dean of the Collegiate Monastery of St. Thomas in 1702 .

He has held temporary academic positions at the University of Strasbourg on several occasions, including six rectorate, nine dean of the faculty of philosophy and eight dean of the theological faculty. Zentgraf was a representative of Lutheran Orthodoxy and published a large number of Latin scriptures. In view of the doctrine of natural law, he had a literary discussion with Samuel von Pufendorf .

Zentgraf was married twice, in 1675 to Elisabeth, the daughter of the Strasbourg pastor Balthasar Friedrich Saltzmann, with whom he had six children; after her death in 1689 he married Anna Dorothea Sebitius in 1690, daughter of a medical professor, with whom he had three children. He died on November 28, 1707 at the age of 65 in Strasbourg.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Holtzmann:  Faust, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 587.
  2. ^ Julius Leopold Pagel:  Saltzmann, Johann Rudolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 285.
  3. ^ Heinrich Holtzmann:  Faust, Isaak . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 587.
personal data
SURNAME Zentgraf, Johann Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zentgrav, Zentgraff
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian, professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1643
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1707
Place of death Strasbourg