Leonhard Johann Bertholdt

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Leonhard Johann Bertholdt (born May 8, 1774 in Emskirchen , † March 31, 1822 in Erlangen ) was a German Protestant theologian and university professor .

Life

Leonhard Johann Bertholdt was the son of Georg Leonhard Bertholdt, Metzer, mayor and committee company captain in Emskirchen.

At first he attended school in Emskirchen and in 1786 came to the Royal Prussian Princely School in Neustadt an der Aisch . From the summer semester of 1792 to the winter semester of 1795/1796 he studied philosophy , philology and theology at the University of Erlangen under the direction of August Friedrich Pfeiffer , with a focus on oriental, historical and theological-philosophical studies. On December 16, 1795 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil.

From 1796 to 1800 he did private studies in Emskirchen and occasionally preached after his exams to become a preacher.

After his habilitation in philosophy on January 20, 1802 at the University of Erlangen, he was a private lecturer . On September 8, 1803 he became an adjunct of the Philosophical Faculty and on March 20, 1805 he was appointed associate professor.

From February 23, 1807 he took over the interim representation of the second university preacher position before he was appointed university preacher on August 10, 1808; he also took over the direction of the homiletic seminar.

On October 22, 1808, he became a full professor of theology, and after he completed his habilitation on April 18, 1809 as professor of theology with his work Christologia Judaeorum Jesu apostolorumque aetate in compendium redacta observationisbusque illustrata , he was appointed third professor of the Old Testament with a seat and vote in the Senate and Faculty.

Together with Christoph Ammon he published the critical journal of the latest theological literature , which he took over editorially from 1814 on and of which there were a total of 14 volumes.

He turned down two offers to the University of Heidelberg and the University of Greifswald in 1815 and was promoted to second professor in 1816.

In 1822 he became district consistorial councilor and member of the administrative committee. He was Vice-Rector in 1816/1817 and 1821/1822 .

Leonhard Johann Berthold married on February 22, 1818 in Altdorf near Nuremberg Katharina Sabine (April 28, 1784 in Altdorf near Nuremberg; † March 27, 1862 in Erlangen), daughter of the Altdorf mayor Johann Friedrich Bauder (1745-1813). They had a child together.

Fonts (selection)

  • Daniel: newly translated and explained from the Hebrew-Aramaic . Erlangen Palm 1806.
  • The memory of the righteous remains in a blessing: Commemorative sermon on the once well-born and highly learned Mr. Johann Burkhard Geiger Doctor of the Right on the 20th of Trinity. Held Sundays 1809 in the academic parish church . Erlangen: Palm, 1809.
  • Commemorative sermon for Mr. Johann Christoph Esper, full public professor of natural history, held on the 12th Trinity Sunday in 1810 in the academic church at Erlangen . Erlangen: Palm, 1810.
  • Collection of casual speeches . Erlangen 1811.
  • Leonhard Bertholdt; Christoph Friedrich von Ammon; Paul Joachim Siegmund Vogel; Johann Jacob Palm : Christologia Judaeorum Jesu Apostolorumque aetate in compendium redacta observationibusque illustrata a D. Leonhard Bertholdt theologiae professore publico ordinario in literarum universitate regio-bavarica Erlangensi et templi academici antistite . Erlangae: Sumtibus Jo. Jac. Palm. 1811.
  • The highest honors of an award-worthy life: Memorial sermon on Mr. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber ordinary public. Professor of Medicine and Botany at the local university held January 20, 1811 in the academic parish church in Erlangen . Erlangen: Palm, 1811.
  • Historical-critical introduction to all-inclusive and canonical and apocryphal writings of the Old and New Testaments . Erlangen: JJ Palm 1812-1819.
  • Karl Heinrich Rau ; Leonhard Bertholdt; Johann Georg Meusel : Dedicated to the memory of Johann Georg Meusel by the University of Erlangen . Erlangen: Kunstmann, 1820.
  • Leonhard Bertholdt; Johann Jakob Palm; Népkönyvtári Központ; Zalavári Apátság Könyvtára: Theological Science or Introduction to Theological Sciences . Obtained from JJ Palm and Ernst Enke in 1821.
  • Handbook of the history of dogma . Erlangen 1822.
  • Opuscala academica . Published by Christian Gottlob Biener . Erlangen 1824.

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personal data
SURNAME Bertholdt, Leonhard Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berthold, Leonhard; Berthold, Bernhard; Bertholdti, Leonardi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Emskirchen
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1822
Place of death gain