
Christian Frederick Boerner (6 November 1683 – 19 November 1753), professor of theology at
Leipzig
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. Boerner was born in
Dresden
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, and lived most of his life in Leipzig. Boerner had two sons, Christian Frederic, and Frederic († 1761), who were both physicians.
Boerner published, from 1728 to 1734, a complete edition of the works of
Luther in 22 volumes. He published in 1709 an edition of Le Long's ''Bibliotheca Sacra'' at Antwerp in two volumes, with corrections and additions. In 1705 Boerner possessed the manuscript of the New Testament, which is known as
Codex Boernerianus
Codex Boernerianus, designated by G, G or 012 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), α 1028 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a small New Testament codex, measuring 25 x 18 cm, written in ...
.
[Alexander Chalmers, ''The General Biographical Dictionary'' (London 1812), Vol. 4, pp. 508-509.]
Works
# ''De exulibus Graecis iisdemque litteratum in Italia instauratoribus'' Leipzig 1704.
# ''De ortu atque progressu Philosophiae moralis'', Leipzig, 1707.
# ''De Socrate, singuli boni ethici exemplo'', Leipzig, 1707.
# ''De Lutheri actis anno 1520'', Leipzig, 1720.
# ''De actis Lutheri anno 1521'', Leipzig, 1721.
# ''Institutiones theologiae symbolicae'', Leipzig, 1751.
# ''Dissertationes sacrae'', Leipzig, 1752.
References
Further reading
* Alexander Chalmers, ''The General biographical dictionary'' (London 1812), Vol. 4, pp. 508–509.
External links
Boerner, Christian Frederickat ''The General Biographical Dictionary'' (London 1812), pp. 508–509.]
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1685 births
1753 deaths
German scholars
18th-century German Protestant theologians
German male non-fiction writers
18th-century German male writers