Johannes Zwinger
Johannes Zwinger (born August 26, 1634 in Basel ; † February 26, 1696 there ) was a Swiss Reformed pastor and theology professor.
Zwinger was a son of the Basel Antistes Theodor Zwinger II from his marriage to Magdalena Buxtorf. From 1650 he studied theology in his hometown. In 1654 he became a candidate for the preaching office in the Basel church, but initially worked as a preacher for the German congregation in Geneva and made an educational trip through Germany and the Netherlands. After his return in 1656, he immediately took over the professorship for Greek at the University of Basel . In 1665 he was promoted to Dr. theol. doctorate and appointed professor for dogmatics and polemics at the theological faculty. Here he rose to professor for the Old Testament in 1675 and professor for the New Testament in 1685. He was the rectorate of the university three times (1666, 1681 and 1693). Besides Officially he was since 1662 for the University Library in charge and directed the 1671 move into the house for mosquito .
In close connection with his brother-in-law, the Antistes Lukas Gernler , Zwinger consolidated the orientation of the Basel Church towards Reformed Orthodoxy, which his father had already established. He defended the doctrine of the Dordrecht Synod , fought the union projects of Johannes Duraeus and, after Gernler's death in 1675, obtained the acceptance of the Formula Consensus in Basel. In addition to dogmatic and exegetical works, he directed pamphlets against the Catholics and the Arminians and also fought against the supporters of the Copernican worldview at the university, such as the astronomer Peter Megerlin .
From his marriage to Esther Burckhardt (1636-1712), which he entered into in 1657, he had eleven children, including the physician Theodor Zwinger III. (1658–1724), the theologian and later Antistes Johann Rudolf Zwinger (1660–1708) and the pharmacist Johannes Zwinger the Elder. J. (1674-1723).
literature
- Jakob Arnold von Salis : Zwinger, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, p. 541 f.
Web links
- Werner Raupp: Zwinger, Johannes. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Publications by and about Johannes Zwinger in VD 17 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Genealogy of the Zwinger family (PDF; 39 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zwinger, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Reformed pastor and professor of theology |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1634 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1696 |
| Place of death | Basel |