Johannes Steuber
Johannes Steuber (born January 16, 1590 in Schwickartshausen ; † February 5, 1643 in Marburg ) was a German Hebrew and Evangelical Lutheran theologian .
Life
Johannes Steuber was born in Schwickartshausen in 1590 as the son of pastor Johannes Steuber.
He attended pedagogies in Marburg and Gießen and studied at the University of Gießen from 1606 ; later at the University of Heidelberg . In 1614 he became professor of physics and the Greek language in Giessen , 1620 professor of theology and the Hebrew language . He was also university librarian from 1615 to 1625. In 1623 he was promoted to Dr. theol. PhD. When in 1627 the so-called main accord between Upper Hesse and Marburg fell back to Hessen-Darmstadt and the previously reformed University of Marburg was transformed into a Lutheran state university, Steuber moved there and initially worked as a professor of Hebrew, from 1627 of theology. He was also the university librarian here (until 1635) and pastor at the Elisabeth Church . In 1635 he became Ephorus of the Hessian Scholarship Institute .
Steuber served as dean of the theological faculty at the University of Marburg in 1628, 1629, 1631 and 1634 . In 1633 he was rector of the university.
In 1643 he died of a stroke .
Steuber was born in 1616 with Elisabeth. Lüncker († April 4, 1664) married and had at least six children, of whom the son Johann Engelhard Steuber (1618–1683) was also pastor and superintendent in Marburg. His great-grandson, Johann Engelhard Steuber (1698–1747) and his son Christian Georg Steuber (1731–1789) were also active as important Hebraists.
Works (selection)
- Notae apologeticae & didascalicae in sillos giessenses . 1616
- Disputatio Theologica, De Ministerio Ecclesiastico… Chemlin, Marburg 1628 ( digitized version ).
- Theologiae Moralis Tractatus, De Conscientia Recta, Erronea Et Probabili… Chemlin, Marburg 1628 ( digitized ).
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Strieder : Basis for a Hessian scholar and writer history from the Reformation to the present day , Volume 15, Kassel 1806, pp. 316–328 ( digitized version ).
- Johannes Kretzschmar : Steuber, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 149.
Web links
- Works by and about Johannes Steuber in the German Digital Library
- Publications by and about Johannes Steuber in VD 17 .
- Steuber in the Marburg professor catalog online
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Steuber, Johannes |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Hebrew and Protestant theologian |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1590 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwickartshausen |
DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1643 |
Place of death | Marburg |