Michael Weber (theologian)

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Michael Weber

Michael Weber (born December 8, 1754 in Gröben , † August 1, 1833 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian .

Life

Michael Weber was the son of the farmer Johann Gottfried Weber and his wife Regina Schmalz. He had received his training at the school in Gröbern and Teuchern. He then received a high school education at the Stiftsschule in Zeitz and enrolled on May 6, 1774 at the University of Leipzig . Here he completed his first studies with Johann August Ernesti and Christian August Crusius . He continued his education in the winter semester of 1777 at the University of Wittenberg , where he obtained his master's degree on April 30, 1778 under the dean's office of Johann Matthias Schröckh .

Returning to Leipzig, he decided to pursue an academic career in theology and completed his habilitation on October 14, 1778 as a Magister legens. In the same year he was Vespers preacher at the Leipzig University Church of St. Pauli , received a baccalaureate in theology on October 15, 1779, and in 1780 switched to the post of early preacher at the University Church . Since his sermons were very popular, he was appointed associate professor at the Leipzig University in 1783 and received his doctorate in theology on May 13, 1784 with the treatise " Crisis loci Paulini 1. Tim. 3, 14.16. "

In the same year of his doctorate, on May 21, 1784, he received a position as a full fourth professor of theology at the Wittenberg University, associated with the supervision as Ephorus of the electoral scholarship holders and was active as a preacher at the Wittenberg Castle Church . In the course of his activities in Wittenberg, he rose to the third theological professorship in 1789, the second theological professorship in 1792 and the first professorship as Primarus in 1805. In addition, he also participated in the organizational tasks of the university. In the winter semesters 1785, 1787, 1789, 1792, 1795, 1797, 1799, 1801, 1803, 1806, 1808 and the summer semesters 1791, 1794, 1805, 1810, 1812 he was dean of the theological faculty. As rector of the Wittenberg University , he directed the fortunes of the same in the winter semesters 1786, 1792, 1796, 1802, 1806, 1810 and in the summer semester 1811.

During the wars of liberation , his house was a victim of the Wittenberg siege, so that the family fled to Bad Schmiedeberg in 1814 . After the universities in Wittenberg and Halle were united, Weber officially moved to Halle on June 21, 1817, where he was professor of theology at the theological seminary . In 1825 he became a member of the theological examination commission, celebrated his 50th anniversary as a lecturer and was awarded the third class red eagle order.

Weber died as a senior at Halle's theology faculty in 1833. From a rich fund of dogmatic and exegetical knowledge, he gave his lectures, which were primarily held in Latin. He was so familiar with the texts of the New Testament that he was able to reproduce them literally from memory. However, he could not win much from the rising rationalism. Above all, he was well versed in the Hebrew and Semitic languages, and his writings cover all areas of theology.

family

Weber had been married twice. His first marriage was on October 25, 1785 in Wittenberg with Christina Friederica Wilhelmina Lippold (* September 27, 1769 in Wittenberg; † probably ± 1816 in Schmiedeberg), the daughter of the deacon at the Wittenberg town church Johann Friedrich Lippold and his wife Sophie Wilhelmine Marie Reinhard. After the death of his first wife, he closed on May 29, 1817 in Halle (Saale) with Eleonora Friederica Henrietta Pallas (born October 11, 1775 in Halle (Saale); † February 7, 1857 ibid), the daughter of the actuary at the law faculty of the University of Halle Johann Friedrich Pallas and his wife Dorothea Magdalena Möhring, his second marriage. There are 13 children from his first marriage. We know of these:

  • Ernst Michael Weber (* October 2, 1786, ~ October 5, 1786 in Wittenberg; † August 1, 1787 ibid)
  • Ernestina Friedrica Wilhelmina Weber (* May 20, 1788 in Wittenberg; † May 21, 1788 ibid)
  • Ernst Gustav Weber (* February 7, 1790, ~ February 8, 1790 in Wittenberg, † November 11, 1852 in Kleinwittenberg) February 8, 1790 Uni. Wittenberg (immat.), May 16, 1803 kurf. Pforta State School, May 1806 Uni. Wittenberg, October 17, 1814 Mag.phil. ibid., Bacc. theol. ord. 1815 Wittenberg town church. November 25, 1815 Pastor in Rackith . 1840 emer. Then lived in Niemegk and Kleinwittenberg, married. I. ± November 1817 with Ernestine Hoffmann (* ± July 1785, † January 21, 1820 in Rackith), To. of the pastor in Rackith Carl Gottfried Hoffmann and his wife Maria Elisabeth Wollkopf, married. II. With Sophie Elisabeth Constantia Schwarz, the daughter of a court director from Halle.
  • Friedrich (Fritz) Christian Weber (born June 27, 1793, ~ June 30, 1793 in Wittenberg; †), learned like his brother at the Fürstenschule St. Afra , was a lieutenant in the war, and from 1816 trainee lawyer at the Higher Regional Court in Merseburg , , died as president of the appellate court in Dresden.
  • Ernst Heinrich Weber (born June 24, 1795, ~ June 25, 1795 in Wittenberg, † January 26, 1878 in Leipzig)
  • Christian Ferdinand Weber (* May 18, 1797, ~ May 19, 1797 in Wittenberg; † December 15, 1797 ibid)
  • Christian Heinrich Weber (born January 10, 1799 ~ January 11, 1799 in Wittenberg; † February 27, 1799 ibid)
  • Minna Weber (born March 4, 1801 in Wittenberg; † July 30, 1801 ibid)
  • Lina Weber (born April 6, 1802 in Wittenberg; † July 1, 1871 in Halle (Saale)) remained unmarried
  • Laura Weber (born September 6, 1803 in Wittenberg; † young)
  • Wilhelm Eduard Weber (born October 24, 1804 in Wittenberg, † June 23, 1891 in Göttingen) physicist
  • Eduard Friedrich Weber (born March 10, 1806 in Wittenberg, † May 18, 1871 in Leipzig) doctor
  • Heinrich Julius Weber (born November 6, 1808 in Wittenberg; † November 25, 1809 there)

Works

  1. Opuscula academica eaque apologetica, Vitebergae publice scripta, 1825
  2. Eclogae, Leipzig 1791
  3. Ad epistolas Pauli minores, Leipzig 1791, 1794
  4. Commentatio ad locum Gal. 3, 19-22, Leipzig 1777
  5. Commentatio ad Ebr. 2, Leipzig 1778
  6. Attempt to translate Pauli's letter to the Galatians, Leipzig 1778
  7. De usu versionis NT Syricae hermeneutico etc.,
  8. Specimina exegetico-critica ad nonnullos NT locos,
  9. Something for young philosophers, Leipzig 1779
  10. Kurtzer draft of the general Christian. Doctrine of Virtue, Leipzig 1780
  11. Has the Decalogue no longer any binding force ?, 1782
  12. Dubitationes adversus Bechtoldi orationem, qua Bessici judicium de Decalogo latum defendere conatur
  13. Morning and evening devotions for reasonable and pious Christians for every day ..., 1782, 1783
  14. Progr. Adit de intempestiva ac nimia lectionis emendandae cura, 1793
  15. Crisis loci Paulini 1. Tim. 3, 14-16, Leipzig 1784
  16. Sermon on the first Easter holiday in 1785 on 1. Cor 5, 6-8, Wittenberg 1785
  17. Table devotions for reasonable and pious Christians, Wittenberg 1785
  18. Prog. De intempestiva lectiones cura a jeremia illustrata,

literature

  • Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg. Max Niemeyer publisher Halle (Saale) 1917
  • Paul Tschackert :  Weber, Michael . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 352-354.
  • Nikolaus Müller : The finds in the tower knobs of the town church in Wittenberg. Magdeburg Evangelical Bookstore Ernst Holtermann , 1912
  • Veronika Albrecht-Birkner : Pastors book of the church province of Saxony. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2009, ISBN 9783374021413 , Vol. 9, p. 265
  • Heinrich Döring : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Verlag Johann Karl Gottfried Wagner, 1835, Neustadt an der Orla, vol. 4, p. 663 ( online )
  • Markus Hein, Helmar Junghans: The professors and lecturers of the Theological Faculty of the University of Leipzig from 1409 to 2009. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2009, ISBN 978-3-374-02704-0 , p. 282
  • Armin Kohnle, Beate Kusche: Book of Professors of the Theological Faculty of the University of Wittenberg, 1502 to 1815/17. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2016, ISBN 978-3-374-04302-6 , pp. 213-215

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official Journal of the Royal Government of Merseburg: 1816 , Merseburg 1816, digitized version on Google Books, p. 370
  2. ↑ August Hermann Kreyssig : Afraner-Album, directory of all students of the Royal State School in Meissen from 1543 to 1875, 8422 in number , Meissen 1876, digitized version of the SLUB , p. 422.

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personal data
SURNAME Weber, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH Coarse
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1833
Place of death Halle (Saale)