Samuel Preiswerk
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Samuel Preiswerk (born September 19, 1799 in Rümlingen , † January 13, 1871 in Basel ) was a Swiss Reformed theologian , pastor and hymn poet .
Life
Preiswerk studied in Basel and Erlangen . During his studies he became a member of the Erlangen fraternity in the winter semester of 1821/22 . In 1822 he took over a vicariate in Biel-Benken . Two years later he became a pastor in an orphanage and in 1828 a teacher in a mission house . During this time he was already writing some hymns that later made him internationally known. In 1830 he became a pastor in Muttenz . The office was soon withdrawn from him because he refused to say pro- revolutionary prayers . He became a teacher at the Theological School of the Evangelical Society in Geneva in 1834. There his Hebrew grammar appeared , written in French , which had four editions. Because he did not want to give up contact with representatives of Irvingianism , he left the society in 1837. He moved to Basel and became a lecturer in Hebrew language and literature in 1839 and pastor of the Leonhard Church in 1840 . From 1859 he was pastor of the Münster parish, where he became Antistes , head of the municipal church and school system. In Basel he published the magazine Das Morgenland from 1838 to 1843 . Old and new for friends of the Holy Scriptures . In 1860, the University of Basel made him an honorary doctorate in theology.
Works (selection)
- Grammaire hébraïque précédé d'un précis historique sur la langue hébraïque
- Paradigmes du verbe parfait, of the verb imparfaits et des noms de la langue hébraïque, extraits de la grammaire hébraïque
- The matter is yours, Mr. Hesu Christ (1829; MG 427)
literature
- Jacob Burckhardt: Consummation speech for Samuel Preiswerk in: Die Einichtung des Herr Samuel Preiswerk (1845)
- Unknown author: Preiswerk, Samuel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 552.
- Peter A. Preiswerk: Preiswerk, Samuel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Hans Fritzsche: Samuel Preiswerk. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 923-925.
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 547-548.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Höhne: The Bubenreuther. History of a German fraternity. II., Erlangen 1936, p. 70.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Preiswerk, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss reformed theologian, pastor and hymn poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ruemlingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1871 |
| Place of death | Basel |