Johann Georg Rosenmüller (18 December 1736 – 14 March 1815), 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 ...

, was born at

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, on 18 December 1736. He was appointed Professor of Theology at

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in 1773, Primarius Professor of Theology at Erlangen in 1773, Primarius Professor of Divinity at

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in 1783, and was called in 1785 to

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, where he remained until his death in 1815. His two sons were

Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller (10 December 1768 in Heßberg (Hildburghausen) – 17 September 1835 in Leipzig) was a German Orientalist and Protestant theologian. Biography He was the eldest son of the rationalist theologian Johann Georg Ro ...

, and

Johann Christian Rosenmüller Johann Christian Rosenmüller (May 25, 1771 – February 28, 1820) was a German anatomist born near Hildburghausen, Thuringia. He was the son of theologian Johann Georg Rosenmüller (1736-1815). He received his education at the Universitie ...

Writings

His chief writings are: * ''Morgen-und Abendandachten'' * ''Betrachtungen über die vornehmsten Warheiten der Religion auf alle Tage des Jahres'' * ''Auserlesnes Beicht-und Communionbuch'' * ''Predigten über auserlesene Stellen der Heiligen Schrift'' * ''Beiträge zur Homiletik'' * ''Scholia in Novum Testamentum'' * ''Historia Interpretationis Librorum Sacrorum in Ecclesia Christiana'' 1736 births 1815 deaths 18th-century German Protestant theologians German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-theologian-stub