Georg Christian Knapp (17 September 1753 – 14 October 1825) was a German

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Biography

He was born in Glaucha, now a part of Halle, and received his early education in the orphan school at Halle (german: Franckesche Stiftungen), of which his father was director. He later studied theology at the Universities of Halle and

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. In 1777 he was an associate professor at Halle, where in 1782 he became a full professor of theology. In 1785 he was appointed ''Kondirektor'' of the ''Franckesche Stiftungen'' (Francke Foundations), where beginning in 1799, along with

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, he served as co-director. He died in Halle.Catalogus Professorum-Halensis
(translated biography) Knapp was a proponent of the

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ism. He was the author of a book on the

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(published over 11 editions from 1778 to 1789), and of "''Vorlesungen über die christliche Glaubenslehre''", a work that was later translated into English (with some additions) as "Lectures on Christian Theology" by Leonard Woods, Jr. He also published biographical sketches of Pietist theologians August Hermann Francke,

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and Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen. Knapp was father-in-law to theologian

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(1794–1853).

Selected works

* ''Die Psalmen'' (11 editions) 1778–1789. * "Novum Testamentum graece. Recognovit atque insignioris lectionum varietatis et argumentorum notationes" 1797. * "Scripta varii argumenti maximam partem exegetici atque historici", 1805. * ''Dr. Georg Christian Knapp's Vorlesungen über die christliche Glaubenslehre nach dem Lehrbegriff der evangelischen Kirche'', Halle : Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1827. (with Johann Karl Thilo). * "Hē Kainē Diathēkē = Novum Testamentum Graece", Halis Saxonum : Orphanotrophei, 1829., "316 works in 549 publications in 5 languages". *

References

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