Sebastian Beck

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Hans Sebastian Beck (born October 1, 1583 in Basel ; † March 6, 1654 , different date March 9, 1654 ibid) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor.

Life

Sebastian Beck was the son of Hans Valentin Beck (1549–1607), councilor and conductor of the Lützelhof, and his wife Martha Iselin (1551–1618), daughter of the lawyer Ulrich Iselin (1524–1564).

He enrolled at the University of Basel to study philosophy and theology, which he completed in 1604 with a Magister Artium ; on May 21, 1611 he received his doctorate as Dr. theol.

Before the University of Basel appointed him professor of the Old Testament on June 5, 1612 , he was possibly pastor in Baden from 1606 to 1608 and then pastor in Altlußheim ; on February 24, 1618 he received the chair of the New Testament . In 1625, 1633, 1640 and 1648 he was rector of the university.

His teaching activities contributed significantly to the consolidation of the Reformed Orthodoxy in Basel.

Together with Johann Buxtorf , Wolfgang Meyer and Ludwig Lutz (1577–1642) he took part in the Synod of Dordrecht in the Netherlands in 1618/1619 ; there he defended the strict doctrine of predestination against the Arminians . After the synod was over, he traveled back to Basel via England , France and Lorraine .

He was in correspondence with the Reformed pastor Johann Jakob Breitinger from Zurich .

Sebastian Beck married Anna Maria on August 30, 1619 (born January 20, 1594 in Basel; † April 19, 1650 ibid), daughter of Hans Rudolf Burckhardt (1558-1617), silk merchant. They had four children together:

  • Emanuel Beck (* 1624 in Basel, † 1677 ibid), wool merchant, guild master, councilor, married to Dorothea (1634–1698), daughter of Hans Heinrich Hummel (1596–1670);
  • Christoph Beck (* 1626 in Basel, † September 7, 1658 ibid), philosophy professor, married to Sybilla (1631–1695), daughter of Hans Heinrich Hummel;
  • Theodor Beck (* 1633; † 1670), pastor, married to Maria (1636–1719), daughter of the clergyman Johannes Gernler (1583–1656);
  • Dorothea Beck (1640-1710), married to John Buxtorf (1636-1710), councilor and bailiff of Farnsburg , their son was the Orientalist Johann Buxtorf .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Amy Nelson Burnett: Teaching the Reformation: Ministers and Their Message in Basel, 1529-1629 . Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-804165-8 , pp. 350 ( google.de [accessed on October 22, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Jan-Andrea Bernhard: Consolidation of the Reformed Confession in the Empire of the St. Stephen's Crown: A Contribution to the History of Communication between Hungary and Switzerland in the Early Modern Period (1500-1700) . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015, ISBN 978-3-647-55070-1 , p. 486 ( google.de [accessed on October 22, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Willem van Irhoven (ed.): Canones Synodi nationalis Dordracenae, ofte Oordeel des Synodi nationalis der Gereformeerde Kercken van de Vereenigde Nederlanden: ghehouden in Dordrecht, inden jare 1618 end 1619 . J. H. Vonk van Lynden, Utrecht 1752, pp. 23, 40, 69 and 95 ( Google Books ).
  4. ^ Karl Rudolf Hagenbach : The theological school of Basel and its teachers from the foundation of the college in 1460 until De-Wette's death in 1849 . Schweighauser, 1860, p. 23 ( google.de [accessed on October 22, 2019]).
  5. ^ Matthias Graf: Additions to the knowledge of the history of the Synod of Dordrecht . JG Neukirch, 1825, p. 114 ( google.de [accessed on October 22, 2019]).
  6. ^ Basel University Library / letter to Sebastian Beck. Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
  7. ^ Beck family register. (PDF) Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Beck, Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beck, Hans Sebastian; Beck, Sebastianus; Beckius, Sebastianus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1583
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1654
Place of death Basel