Christian Gottlob Leberecht Großmann

Christian Gottlob Leberecht Großmann

Christian Gottlob Leberecht Großmann (9 November 1783 in Prießnitz – 29 June 1857 in Leipzig) was a German theologian.

From 1802 he studied theology at the University of Jena, receiving his doctorate in 1805. From 1808 to 1811 he served as a substitute minister in his hometown of Prießnitz, and afterwards, was a minister in Gröbitz (1811–22) and an ecclesiastical superintendent in Altenburg (1823–28). In 1829 he was named pastor and superintendent at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig.^[1]

On six separate occasions he served as dean to the theological faculty at Leipzig University.^[1] As a professor, his studies largely involved New Testament exegesis, Saxon church law and contemporary history. He held a particular interest in the works of Jewish-Hellenistic philosopher Philo of Alexandria.^[2]

In 1831 he became a member of the First Chamber of the Saxon Landtag. Known for his moderate-liberal views, he strove for abolition of the death penalty and advocated religious intermarriage between Protestants and Catholics. He is regarded as founder of the Gustav-Adolf-Verein, a society in which he served as its first president.^[1][2][3]

Selected works

• Alcæi Mytilenæ reliquiæ (fragments by Alcaeus); with August Heinrich Matthiae, 1827.
• Lexici Platonici specimen I., 1828.
• Quaestiones Philoneae (2 parts, 1829).
• De philosophiae Judaeorum sacrae vestigiis nonnullis in Epistola ad Hebraeos conspicuis, 1833.
• Ueber eine Reformation der protestantischen Kirchenverfassung im Königreich Sachsen, 1833 – On a reformation of the Protestant Church constitution in the Kingdom of Saxony.^[4]
• De collegio Pharisaeorum commentatio, 1851.
• Philonis Iudaei Anecdoton graecum de cherubinis : ad Exod. 25. 18 (edition and interpretation of Philo), 1856.^[5]

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