Johann Benjamin Koppe (19 August 1750 in Danzig – 12 February 1791 in

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) was a German

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theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

. He originated the "fragment hypothesis" (1783) in response to the Synoptic problem. He studied at the universities of

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and

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, where in 1775 he became a professor of theology. In 1784 he relocated to Gotha as a senior pastor, upper consistory and general superintendent, then in 1788 moved to

as first court chaplain at the ''Schlosskirche'', consistory and general superintendent for the '' Grafschaft Hoya''.

Published works

* ''Pindari Carmina et fragmenta : cum lectionis varietate et annotationibus'', (3 volumes); with Christian Gottlob Heyne and

Gottfried Hermann Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann (28 November 1772 – 31 December 1848) was a German classical scholar and philologist. He published his works under the name Gottfried Hermann or its Latin equivalent . Biography He was born in Leipzig. Entering ...

, edition of

Pindar Pindar (; grc-gre, Πίνδαρος , ; la, Pindarus; ) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar is ...

, (Greek and Latin; Latin prose version by Koppe. Volume 3 by Gottfried Hermann ..."''Commentatio de metris Pindari. Scholia''"). Publisher: Oxonii : R. Bliss, 1807-1809. * ''D. Robert Lowth's Lord Bischofs zu London ... Jesaias : neu übersetzt nebst einer Einleitung und critischen philologischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen'', 1779–1781; (German translation of

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by Georg Hermann Richerz with additions and comments by Koppe). * ''Christliches Gesangbuch'', 1789 – Christian

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. * ''Novum Testamentum Graece : perpetua annotatione illustratum'', (10 volumes); continued after Koppe's death by Johann Heinrich Heinrichs,

Christoph Friedrich von Ammon Christoph Friedrich von Ammon (January 16, 1766 – May 21, 1850) was a German theological writer and preacher. He was born at Bayreuth, Bavaria and died at Dresden. He studied at Erlangen, held various professorships in the philosophical and ...

and

Thomas Christian Tychsen Thomas Christian Tychsen (8 May 1758, Horsbüll – 23 October 1834, Göttingen) was a German orientalist and Lutheran theologian. He is known for his 1823 grammar of the Arabic language. He studied theology and philology in Kiel and Göttin ...

, 1809–1828. * "Notes on the epistle to the Romans; intended to assist students of theology, and others, who read the scriptures in the originals" by Samuel Hulbeart Turner, 1824; translated from the Latin of Johann Benjamin Koppe.Most widely held works by Johann Benjamin Koppe
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koppe, Johann Benjamin German Lutheran theologians 1750 births 1791 deaths Clergy from Gdańsk Academic staff of the University of Göttingen 18th-century German Protestant theologians German male non-fiction writers 18th-century German male writers