Johann Ulrich Sponsel

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Johann Ulrich Sponsel (born December 13, 1721 in Muggendorf (Wiesenttal) , † January 6, 1788 in Burgbernheim ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

The son of a beer brewer received his first lessons at the school in his place of birth. The father stubbornly opposed his often expressed wish to study. While Johann Ulrich had to help him with his trade, he secretly read the most varied writings that chance gave him. At the age of sixteen he went on a journey through Franconia, Swabia, Alsace, the Palatinate, Thuringia, Saxony and Kurbrandenburg. In 1738 he returned to his homeland and practiced his father's trade. At the same time, he longed for the opportunity to start studying.

In 1740 the pastor of his place of birth advocated that he could attend the grammar school in Coburg . When he arrived in Coburg, however, his language skills were so poor that he could not become a pupil of the college. However, through private lessons, through his natural abilities and diligence, he made it so far that he was accepted into the pedagogy of the academic high school in Coburg as early as 1741. His thirst for learning received a new incentive. He advanced to the higher classes and became familiar with previously unknown branches of science.

In 1744 Sponsel moved into the University of Erlangen . There Joachim Ehrenfried Pfeiffer (1709–1787), Caspar Jakob Huth (1711–1760), Georg Wilhelm Pözinger (1709–1753) and Johann Siegmund Kripner (1710–1750) were his main teachers in the field of theology and philosophy. He was particularly interested in the oriental languages, especially Arabic, Syrian and Samaritan. When he appeared as an opponent in the dissertation defended by Kripner in 1745: "de Anima Mundi Platonica" , he could have become a master's degree and hold academic lectures. However, he initially chose the career of a teacher.

In 1746 he became a private tutor in Bayreuth , in 1747 he stood as a candidate for the examinations for the preaching office, received the call to the rectorate vicariate at the seminary in Bayreuth and at the end of the year became adjunct at the local grammar school. In 1748 he became a preacher and deacon at St. Georgenkirche , in 1752 he was pastor in Lenkersheim , and in 1753 an honorary member of the Latin Society in Jena . He felt so comfortable in his office that he neither accepted the post of religious and city preacher at St. Georgen, nor went to Bayreuth as a city chaplain. In 1766 he took over the pastoral office and superintendent in Burgbernheim. He held these offices until the end of his life. His writings are now only of historical interest.

Works

  • Parerga theologico - exegetica. Pars I. Coburgi, 1752; Pars II. Coburg 1753
  • Farewell sermon to St. Georgen - a good conscience as the greatest consolation; a teacher departing from his congregation (on Hebr. XIII, 18). Bayreuth and Hof, 1753
  • Inaugural sermon zu Lenkersheim - the necessary qualities of a teacher who wants to carry out his office with benefit (on Joh.X, 12-16). Rothenburg, 1753
  • Floor plans for funeral sermons. 1 part, courtyard u. Bayreuth, 1753; 2nd edition Hof 1786 .; 2 part, Hof and Bayreuth 1756; 2nd edition Hof 1787; 3rd part, Hof and Bayreuth, 1758; 4 Part Hof and Bayreuth, 1759;
  • Important Theological Truths Saved. Windsheim, 1755
  • Collection of several holy speeches, about various passages from the word of God. Ten in number. Nuremberg 1759
  • Sermons about all the high festival Apostles and Feyer's daily evangelisms throughout the year. Bayreuth, 1759
  • Extended basic riffs for sermons on all Sunday festival and apostle day gospels, including appended penance sermons. 1 year, Bayreuth, 1761; 2nd year, Bayreuth, 1779
  • Philological and exegetical treatises on various parts of the Holy Scriptures. 1 part, Ansbach, 1761
  • Floor plans for wedding sermons on biblical texts. 1st part, Bayreuth, 1761, 2nd edition, Bayreuth, 1773; 2nd part, Bayreuth 1764; 2nd edition, Bayreuth, 1776, 3rd – 5th edition. Part, Bayreuth, 1768; 3rd edition, Bayreuth, 1796
  • Short funeral speeches, which can be read from the so-called corpse admonitions. 4 parts, Bayreuth, 1763, new edition, Ansbach, 1778
  • Exercitationes philologico exegeticae in diversos scripturae locos. Ansbach, 1764
  • Examination of the Michaelmas declaration of Pauli's letter to the Hebrews. Bayreuth, 1767
  • Organ history. Nuremberg, 1771
  • From the divinity of the books of Chronicles and Ezra. Schwabach, 1775
  • About the confusion of languages ​​in the building of the Babylonian tower. Schwabach, 1776,
  • Treatise on the suicides. Nuremberg 1776
  • Treatise on Sin Against the Holy Spirit. Schwabach, 1777 (actually 1776)
  • Treatise on the thievery of the children of Israel and their capture of the land of Canaan. Schwabach, 1777
  • Treatise on Cursed Cain and Fallen Adam. Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1777
  • Treatise on the Prophet Isaiah. 1 part, Nuremberg, 1779; Part 2, Nuremberg, 1780
  • Thorough explanation of biblical passages. Nuremberg 1779
  • Sermons about all Sunday, Feast and Feyday Gospels throughout the year. 2 parts, Heilbronn, 1783

literature

personal data
SURNAME Sponsel, Johann Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1721
PLACE OF BIRTH Muggendorf (Wiesenttal)
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1788
Place of death Burgbernheim