Johann Georg Rosenmüller
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Johann Rosenmüller a German divine and professor of theology, was born at Ummerstadt
Ummerstadt
Ummerstadt is a town in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 19 km south of Hildburghausen, and 11 km west of Coburg....

 in Hildburghausen
Hildburghausen (district)
Hildburghausen is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, the city of Suhl, the districts of Ilm-Kreis, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and Sonneberg, and the state of Bavaria...

, on December 18, 1736. He was appointed Professor of Theology at Erlangen in 1773, Primarius Professor of Theology at Erlangen in 1773, Primarius Professor of Divinity at Giessen
University of Giessen
The University of Giessen is officially called the Justus Liebig University Giessen after its most famous faculty member, Justus von Liebig, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of artificial fertiliser.-History:The University of Gießen is among the oldest institutions of...

 in 1783, and was called in 1785 to Leipzig
University of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...

, where he remained until his death in 1815. His two sons were Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller
Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller
Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller was a German Orientalist and theologian born in Heßberg, now a part of Veilsdorf in the District of Hildburghausen, Thuringia....

, and Johann Christian Rosenmüller
Johann Christian Rosenmüller
Johann Christian Rosenmüller was a German anatomist born near Hildburghausen, Thuringia. He was the son of theologian Johann Georg Rosenmüller ....

. 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
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