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

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, was born at Ummerstadt in Hildburghausen, 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, and Johann Christian Rosenmüller.

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