Georg Christian Knapp
Georg Christian Knapp ( born September 17, 1753 Glaucha, † October 14, 1825 in Halle) was a Protestant theologian.
Life and work
The son of the director of the Halle orphanage Johann Georg Knapp had received the first training from his father. At the royal Pädagogium in hall he had continued to make progress under the leadership of Johann August Niemeyer and attended the Latin school of the orphanage. In 1770 he began studying at the University of Halle. Emulating his father, he had devoted himself to a study of theology. He attended the lectures of Johann Salomo Semler, Johann August Nosselt, Johann Ludwig Schulze, Gottlieb Anastasius Freylinghausen and Johann Friedrich Gruner. In addition, he pursued philosophical and philological studies, in which he particularly of Greek and Roman classics devoted himself. Soon he became a teacher at the grammar school of the orphanage.
So he had the financial means acquired to complete a study tour. In 1774 he went to the University of Göttingen, where he attended the lectures of Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch, Gotthelf Traugott Zacharia ( 1729-1777 ), Johann Peter Miller ( 1725-1789 ) and Johann David Michaelis. Six months later, he visited other cities and returned to Halle. In Halle he earned with a thesis De versione Alexandrina in emendana lectione exempli hebraici caute abhibenda 1775 the academic degree of Master of Philosophy, then held exegetical lectures on some books of Cicero, 1777 associate professor of theology, became in 1780 the licentiate of theology and in 1782 full professor of theology at Halle.
In 1784 he received his doctorate in theology in 1785 co-director of the Francke Foundations was after the death of Nosselt headmaster of the free royal tables and experienced from October 1806, the crew of the French troops. At that time the University of Halle was repealed which time he witnessed until the restoration in 1813. After he had built up again with the University of Halle, he became in 1816 the consistory in the Royal Prussian Consistory of the Province of Saxony. In 1816 he became president of the Bible Society instituted in Halle, was 1820 Senior Faculty of Theology and received by Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia in 1825 the Red Eagle Order Second Class with oak leaves.
Several learned societies such as in 1800, the Royal Society in London and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm had received him as a member. In addition, he also participated in the organizational tasks of the Halle University and was 1792/93 Vice-Rector of the Alama Mater. The last representative of Halle Pietism, to Knapp dealt with the biblical supernaturalism. Therefore, he never came particularly explicit in appearance. He maintained relations with the Moravians and participated in the East India mission to the Gentiles, by issuing the "mission messages ".
Georg Christian Knapp was buried in the Halle Stadtgottesacker. His grave is located in the crypt arch 60th