Johann Matthäus Hassencamp
Johann Matthäus Hassencamp (July 28, 1743 – October 6, 1797) was a German Orientalist and Protestant theologian born in Marburg.
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He studied philology, mathematics, theology and philosophy at the Universities of Marburg and Göttingen. Afterwards, he continued his studies in France, Holland and England, followed by a return to Marburg, where in 1768 he received his habilitation. Later, he became a professor of Oriental languages and mathematics at the University in Rinteln, where in 1777 he was given additional responsibilities as head of the university library.
Among his published works was a treatise on the Pentateuch, titled "Commentatio philologico-critica de Pentateucho LXX interpretum graeco non ex hebraeo sed samaritano textu converso",[1] and the autobiography of theologian Johann David Michaelis, "Lebensbeschreibung von ihm selbst abgefasst, mit Anmerkungen von Hassencamp" (Written biography of himself, with the notes of Hassencamp; 1793).[2] From 1789 up until 1797, he was an editor of the influential weekly magazine "Annalen der neuesten theologischen Litteratur und Kirchengeschichte" (Annals of the Latest Theological Literature and Church History; afterwards continued by Ludwig Wachler).[3] In the fields of mathematics and physics, he published a work on the history involving efforts to determine longitude, titled "Kurze Geschichte der Bemühungen die Meereslänge zu erfinden" (1769).
References
- Wikisource, ADB Hassencamp, Johann Matthäus (translated from German).
- WorldCat Title Commentatio philologico-critica de Pentateucho LXX
- Google Books Lebensbeschreibung von ihm selbst abgefasst, mit Anmerkungen von Hassencamp
- OCLC WorldCat Annalen der neuesten theologischen Litteratur und Kirchengeschichte