Johann Zechendorf

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Johann Zechendorf (born May 8, 1580 in Lößnitz , † February 17, 1662 in Zwickau ) was a German orientalist ( Arabist ) and educator.

Title copper from Johann Adam Zöphel for the funeral sermon at Zechendorf

Life

Born as the son of the schoolmaster Michael Zechendorf and his wife Anna, daughter of the mayor of Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb. , Michael Hannauer, under the guidance of his father, he had already learned to read Latin texts at the age of five. After he continued to be taught by private teachers in Schneeberg , where his father had become archdeacon , he went to Ballenstedt in 1599 , then attended school in Aschersleben for a year, then went to the Martinischule in Braunschweig , devoted himself to the Greek language in Eisleben and related the Francisceum high school in Zerbst, under the rectorate of Gregor Bersman .

As his father, as a Lutheran theologian, no longer wanted to see his son in a Calvinist environment, he entrusted his son Johannes Förster . This instructed him in the basics of the oriental languages, occupied him with astronomy and logic. In 1604 he moved to the University of Leipzig and hired himself out to the son of Georg Rollehagens as a clerk until he received an electoral scholarship. In accordance with his original wish, he pursued a degree in medicine, but at his father's request he turned to theology. After he had acquired the philosophical baccalaureate in 1607 and the academic degree of a master's degree from the philosophical faculty in 1608 , his continued studies were ended in 1610 by the appointment of the council of Schneeberg as vice-principal of the local city school. In 1614 he became its rector.

According to the visitation report , he was appointed rector of the Zwickau council school in 1617. He headed this school for 44 years and primarily promoted the learning of the oriental languages. He taught with a clear method, without any particular expansiveness, but always with respect for the philological correctness in the use of languages. This earned him widespread respect and recognition. Due to the Thirty Years' War , however, there was no acceptance of the high school in Zwickau . In literary terms, he provided his life's work with a rich fund. His complete Latin translation of the Koran from 1632 remained unpublished.

Zechendorf's two marriages remained childless. After suffering from catarrh fever, he died of the consequences of the disease. He was buried on February 23, 1662 in the upper town church of Zwickau.

Selection of works

  • Praecognita & Gymnasium Latinae linguae
  • Sepimentum Gymnasii
  • Methodus, sive Didactica
  • Lexicon Latinae Linguae
  • Tabulae Graecae Linguae
  • Circuli ad Conjugationes & Declinationes Hebraicas, Chaldaicas, Syrias, Arabicas, Persicas, Turcicas facile addiscendas, aeri incisi
  • Manuductio ad circulos illos
  • Lexicon Arabicum Photicon ex Psalterio Savariano ahisque
  • Lexicon Arabicum, ex Alcorano, multisque aliis Arabicis Scriptoribus collectum
  • Scita Arabica
  • Precationes Arabum Latine versae
  • Alcoranus Latine versus, & Plerisque in Suratis confutatus
  • Fabulae Muhammedicae carmine Epico refutatae
  • Compendium Theologiae Reineccii Arabice versum
  • Psalmi plurimi versibus Tb.Eberti Arabica versio
  • Joh. Ulrici Müstingii Scripta Arabica versa
  • Benstii disticha Evangelica Hebraice versa
  • Orationis Dominieae in Lingua Arabica Analysis Grammatica, juxta Thomae Erpeni Grammaticam Arabicae Linguae
  • Suratae unius atque alterius Textus, ejusque explicatio ex Commentario quodam Arabe dogmata Alcorani, & verba maxima, minimaque explicante
  • Tvrcarvm Alcoran cum versione latina / Ioan. Zechendorff. 1632 (Dār al-kutub wa-'l-waṯāʾiq al-qaumīya, Cairo, Ms Maṣāḥif 198)

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personal data
SURNAME Zechendorf, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist and educator
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1580
PLACE OF BIRTH Loessnitz
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1662
Place of death Zwickau