Johann Benedikt Carpzov (1720-1803), scholar

Johann Benedikt Carpzov (1720-1803) was a German scholar, classical scholar and theologian. Member of a family of German lawyers and theologians, he was professor of philosophy at Leipzig and of poetry and Greek philology at Helmstedt, and ended his life as an abbot after having taught theology and written grammatical commentaries on the New Testament.

Works

Books

• Sacrae exercitationes in epistulam ad Hebraeos ex Philone Alexandrino (1750 Carpzov), book
• Structurae theologicae in epistolam S. Pauli ad Romanos (1756 Carpzov), book
• Epistolarum catholicarum septenarius (1790 Carpzov), book

Biography

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Classical scholar and theologian. Member of a family of German lawyers and theologians, was born in Leipzig on May 20, 1720. Was educated at the university of his native city, where he was appointed associate professor in 1747, but was called in the following year as professor of Greek to Helmstedt, and in 1757 became abbot of the nearby monastery of Königslutter. His philological learning was shown in his editions of the classics and in his Sacrae exercitationes in epistolam ad Hebraeos ex Philone Alexandrino (Helmstedt, 1750); Structurae theologicae in epistolam S. Pauli ad Romanos (1756); and Epistolarum catholicarum septenarius (Halle, 1790). His lectures, which he delivered in Latin, were devoted to classics, the New Testament, and patristics. Died at Königslutter on Apr. 18, 1803.

References

• BBKL.de