Vindicias Demonstrationvm Divinitatis Sacrae Scriptvrae A Svspicione Circvli Vitiosi Praeside viro summe reverendo excellentissimo amplissimo SIGISMUND IACOB BAUMGARTEN S.S. Theol. Doct. Et Prof. Pvbl. Ord. Praeceptore Optimo Ad Diem XVIII. Ivlii MDCCXXXXII. Defendet Avctor Georg. Christian. Haine Berolinas

Baumgarten, Sigismundus Iacobus (Iacob Siegmund Jakob 1706-1757; Haine, Georg Christian (Georgius Christianus)

Published by Typis Ioannis Friderici Grunerti (Grunert, Grunertus), Halae Salicae (Hala Salica) Halle (Saale), Germany, 1742

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In Latin. [8], 56, [8] pages. 21 x 17 cm. Headpiece and initials. Includes bibliographical references. ad diem xviii. Iulii [1742]. Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten (14 March 1706, Wolmirstedt, Duchy of Magdeburg - 4 July 1757, Halle) was a German Protestant theologian. He was a brother to philosopher Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714-1762). Baumgarten studied theology at the University of Halle, and in 1728 the 22-year-old Baumgarten, a Hallensian Pietist and bibliophile, was appointed as minister of the "Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen" (Market Church of Our Dear Lady). In 1730 he became an associate professor at Halle, where in 1734 he was appointed a full professor of theology. In 1748 he was named as university rector. At the end of his life he translated encyclopedic articles and biographies from English into German. Baumgarten was a follower of the philosophical teachings of Christian Wolff (1679-1754), and is regarded as a transitional theologian from the Pietism of Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705) and August Hermann Francke (1663-1727) to that of modern rationalism. He was a prodigious writer and published works on exegesis, hermeneutics, dogmatics and history. He was the editor of the first sixteen volumes of the Allgemeine Welthistorie (General World History), which after his death, was continued by his assistant Johann Salomo Semler (1725-1791). Seller Inventory # 008989

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Title: Vindicias Demonstrationvm Divinitatis Sacrae...

Publisher: Typis Ioannis Friderici Grunerti (Grunert, Grunertus), Halae Salicae (Hala Salica) Halle (Saale), Germany

Publication Date: 1742

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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