Johann Habermann

Johann (es) Habermann, Johann Avenarius ( born August 10, 1516 Eger, † December 5, 1590 in Zeitz ) was a German Lutheran theologian, devotional writer and Hebrew scholar.

Life

He was the son of Lorenz Habermann and Martha, born Grifftl. 1540 Habermann came to Wittenberg to study theology. There he gained on August 4, 1558 the degree of Master of Arts. Over the next two decades, he worked as a priest in the Electorate of Saxony in Magpie Mountain, Plauen and from 1560 to 1564 as a deacon at the Cathedral in Freiberg. 1564, he took a pastorate in Sokolov in Eger, was ordained on March 17, 1566 by Paul Eber as a deacon in Sokolov and moved from there in 1573 as a professor at the University of Jena. He received the appointment due to his intensive study of the Hebrew language, Hebrew grammar and his Hebrew dictionary. In 1574 he became a doctor of theology in Jena, next year professor at the University of Wittenberg Leucorea and finally superintendent in 1576 Naumburg and Zeitz.

As such, he participated in the negotiations on the introduction of Konkordienbuches. He was given the task of presenting the Electoral Commissioner as the 1581 Book of Concord the Wittenberg professors,. A respected great scholar of his time, he also published a number of sermons, but they were soon forgotten. In contrast, his prayer book took Christian prayer, for all the misery and Stende gantzen Christianity, unusual proliferation. In the course of three centuries, this book, which corresponded so much the need in northern and in southern Germany, has been launched in all European languages ​​and over again and used as a daily devotional book. The " Haber Männle " became a household name.

Selections

  • Grammatica hebraica. Wittenberg in 1570, 1575 and more
  • Liber radicum immersive Lexicon Hebraicum. Wittenberg in 1568, 1588
  • Christian prayers for all sorts of trouble and Stende throughout Christendom, außgeteilet on all days of the week to talk. Wittenberg in 1567, Strasbourg in 1595 and numerous editions and translations into the 20th century
  • Consolation booklet for sick, afflicted and contested Christians. Wittenberg in 1567 and more
  • Vita Christi. Wittenberg in 1580, T. II 1616
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