Jean Henri Pareau

Jean Henri Pareau (also: Joannes Henricus Pareau, Jan Hendrik Pareau; born May 13, 1761 Amsterdam, † February 1, 1833 in Utrecht ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist.

Life

The son of the jeweler Guilleaume Henri Pareau (* December 1700 - December 25, 1770 in Amsterdam) and his wife Angélique Croquet ( limited: December 24, 1789 in Amsterdam) had already lost in the age of nine his father. At twelve, he entered the Latin school of his native town, where he inspired by Pieter the Younger Burmann developed a special fondness for Greek and Latin poets. This he left school with the seal de Ira, which he had written out of spite of the rejection of another essay. On March 28, 1777 he was admitted as a student of theology at the Athenaeum Illustre his hometown, where he studied with Burmann, Herman Tollius, Daniel Wyttenbach, Henry Albert Schulten, Diederik Adriaan Walraven ( 1732-1804 ) and Peter Curtenius ( 1716 - 1789) followed.

For three years he prepared himself to his pastoral ministry, most notably the Oriental languages ​​and their seals formed his main area of ​​interest. In 1780 he left the educational institution, to continue his studies of Latin and Greek literature at the University of Leiden with David Ruhnken and Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer ( 1715-1785 ). Here he attended the lectures on natural law in Dionysius van de Wijnpersse and those lectures on theology at Aegidius Gillesen (1712-1800), Ewaldus Hollebeek (1719-1796), Carolus Boers (1746-1814) and Peter Rietveld (1739-1784). On September 2, he completed his theological examination and found refuge among the theological candidates of the Walloon Reformed Church. He then went back to Amsterdam, where he practiced through sermons as preacher and his studies continued. In addition, he received a private tutor at the Amsterdam mayor Willem Gerrit Dedel ( 1734-1801 ).

On February 6, 1789, he received a pastorate at the Walloon church in Deventer and an appointment as professor of theology and Oriental languages ​​at the local Athenaeum Illustre. Shortly thereafter, on 19 November of the same year, the theological faculty of the Leiden University appointed him to the doctor honoris causa, which honor he emolumenti plus quam detrimenti afferentibus took in reception with the speech de conatibus incredulorum rei Christianae. Due to the revolution of 1795 he was dismissed from office in Deventer and received on October 30, 1796 a new call to pastor position at the Walloon church in Middelburg. This he took up on February 19, 1797. 1798 he was appointed again to Deventer as a pastor and professor of theology, ethics, and Oriental languages ​​at the high school Illustre. Therefore, he held on March 3 in Middelburg his farewell sermon and took over on May 27 with a speech on the apology for the study of Oriental languages ​​, with the title De Literis orientalibus minime injucundis, recorded.

However, you could not keep him in Deventer, because all the curators of the University of Harderwijk convened on September 20, 1804 Professor of Oriental Languages ​​and Hebrew antiquities which activity he on June 13, 1805, the introductory speech De ingenuo poëseos hebraicae studio nostris Temporibus magnopere commendando took over. In Harderwijk, he taught primarily the Arabic languages ​​and published critical studies on Job. He also participated in the organizational tasks of the university and was in 1807 /08 Rector of the Alma Mater, which place he. Using the speech de amico atque utili Graecarum Latinarumque literarum cum Orientalibus Consortio resigned On 14 May 1810, Curators of the University of Utrecht him appealed to the professor of theology, which task he took on 27 August 1810 and on September 27, 1810 his introductory speech de constanti ac non mutabili Orientalium ingenio, sacrarum literarum cultoribus Suos in usus diligenter observando held. He was also pastor of the Walloon church in 1812 in Utrecht. His teaching position ended when he, under the new organic regulation of higher education by King William on August 2, 1815 November 6, 1815 became professor of speculative philosophy, as well as the chair of oriental literature, he held until his retirement on 22 October 1830 held.

He also took over again as Emeritus of January 1831 to February 1, 1833 this chair. In his capacity as the Utrecht university teacher, he also participated in the organizational tasks of the Utrecht School and was 1822/23 Rector of the Alma Mater, which task he handed over to his successor on March 20, 1823 and ended with the speech de honoris studio Orientalium. In recognition of his scientific work, he gained access to several learned societies. So on January 31, 1793 as a member of the Zeeland Society of Sciences ( Zeeuwsch Genootschap the Wetenschappen ), in 1807 as member of the provincial Utrechtschen Society of Arts and Sciences, on 5 July 1809, he was a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, 1814 Member of the Dutch society of Sciences at Haarlem ( Dutch Maatschappij the Wetenschappen ), 1816 corresponding member of the Societe asiatique in Paris and in 1826 a corresponding member of the Royal Asiatic society in London.

In Deventer he married on August 31, 1794 Helena Nisina Ribbius, daughter of Lodewijk van Eyll Ribbius and his wife Aleida Duikink. In marriage, two sons and four daughters came into the world. Of these children, the Groningen professor Louis Gerlach Pareau (1800-1866) and the theologian Anton Pareau Henri (1805-1859) is known. Of the daughters married Theodora Aleida Pareau (* September 13, 1795, † March 27, 1847 ) Daniel Revel, also the name Wilhelmine Henriette Angelique (* December 15, 1797, † October 19, 1866 ) Pareau, Mary Magdalene Pareau (* September 22, 1802; † January 23, 1857 ) and Cornelia Helena Pareau (* March 6, 1804; † January 16, 1882 ) is known.

Works (selection)

  • De Lamentations of Jeremiah philologicè et criticè illustrati. Leiden 1790
  • Oratio de conatibus incredulorum rei Christianae plus quam emolumenti detrimenti afferentibus. 1790 1799
  • Oratio de Literis orientalibus minime injucundis: publice habita the 27th Maji a 1799 Deventer 1799.
  • Oratio de ingenuo poësos Hebreïcae studio, nostris Temporibus magnopere commendando ', tweede title: ' Oratio de ingenuo poësos Hebreïcae studio. Harderwijk 1805
  • Commentatio de immortalitatis ac vitae futurae notitiis from antiquissimo Jobi scriptore in Suos usus adhibitis: accedit sermo Jobi de sapientia mortuis magis quam cognita vivis: immersive Jobeidis caput XXVIII philo Logice et critice illustratum. Deventer 1807
  • Oratio de amico atque utili Graecarum Latinarumque literarum cum orientalibus Consortio. Harderwijk 1808
  • Oratio de constanti ac non mutabili Orientalium ingenio, sacrarum literarum cultoribus Suos in usus diligenter observando. 1810
  • Sermons sur quelques textes de l' écriture Saine. 1814
  • Disputation de rationem, quae mythicam librorum Sacrorum interpretationem suadeant, momento ac pon. 1814
  • Antiquitas Hebraica breviter descripta. Utrecht 1817
  • Sermon, prononcé pout l' ouverture de la reunion of députés of Églises Wallonnes à Zutphen. 1819
  • Institutions interpretis Veteris Testamenti. Utrecht 1822
  • Antiuitas Hebraica breviter descriptae appendix, immersive alterius editionis Praefatio et indices. Utrecht 1822
  • Disputation de mythica sacri codicis interpretatione. Utrecht 1824
  • De mythica sacri codicis '. Editie: Ed. alterative, additamento et indicibus aucta. Utrecht 1824
  • Specimen Academicum continens Commentationem de Tograji carmine. 1828
  • Commentatio de Amralkeisi Moallakah, praelecta in tertia classe Instituti doctrinarum, quod est amstelodami, et annotatis Instructa. Utrecht 1828th
  • Antiuitas Hebraica breviter descripta.
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