Johann Traugott Leberecht Danz (31 May 1769 – 15 May 1851) was a German Lutheran

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and

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born in

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. In 1787 he began his studies at

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, where he had as instructors,

Johann Jakob Griesbach Johann Jakob Griesbach (4 January 1745 – 24 March 1812) was a German biblical textual critic. Griesbach's fame rests upon his work in New Testament criticism, in which he inaugurated a new epoch. His solution to the synoptic problem bears his nam ...

Johann Christoph Döderlein Johann Christoph Döderlein or Doederlein (20 January 1745 in Windsheim2 December 1792 in Jena) was a German Protestant theologian. As professor of theology at Jena from 1782, he was celebrated for his varied learning, for his eloquence as a pre ...

and

Johann Gottfried Eichhorn Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (16 October 1752, in Dörrenzimmern – 27 June 1827, in Göttingen) was a German Protestant theologian of the Enlightenment and an early orientalist. He was a member of the Göttingen school of history. Education and ...

. In 1791 he continued his studies at the

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, and afterwards returned to Weimar as a secondary school teacher. In 1809 he received his

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, and during the following year became an associate professor. From 1812 to 1838 he was a full professor of theology at the University of Jena. Among his efforts were editions of

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(1806–9, 3 parts) and

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(1805–8, 2 parts), as well as a new edition of

Johann Georg Walch Johann Georg Walch (17 June 1693 – 13 January 1775) was a German Lutheran theologian. Life He was born in Meiningen, where his father, Georg Walch, was general superintendent. He studied at Leipzig and Jena, amongst his teachers being J. F. ...

's ''Bibliotheca patristica''. He also published a two-volume textbook of

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(1816–26), and was editor of

Johann Gottfried Herder Johann Gottfried von Herder ( ; ; 25 August 174418 December 1803) was a Prussian philosopher, theologian, pastor, poet, and literary critic. Herder is associated with the Age of Enlightenment, ''Sturm und Drang'', and Weimar Classicism. He wa ...

's ''Ansichten des klassischen Alterthums'' (Views of Classical Antiquity 1805–6).

Notable students

Johann Gustav Stickel Johann Gustav Stickel (7 July 1805 – 21 January 1896) was a German theologian, orientalist and numismatist at Jena University. Biography Stickel was born in Eisenach in 1805. He went to school in Buttelstedt and in Weimar. In his youth h ...

(1805–1896), a professor for

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Pierer's Universal-Lexikon, translated biography
1769 births 1851 deaths Writers from Weimar German Lutheran theologians 19th-century German Protestant theologians Academic staff of the University of Jena German male non-fiction writers 19th-century German male writers {{Germany-theologian-stub