Friedrich Münter

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Friedrich Münter
Bishop of
Gotha
DiedApril 9, 1830(1830-04-09) (aged 68)
DenominationLutheranism
EducationUniversity of Göttingen
University of Fulda

Friedrich Christian Carl Heinrich Münter (14 October 1761 – 9 April 1830) was a German-Danish scholar, theologian, and Bishop of Zealand from 1808 until his death. His name has also been recorded as Friederich Münter.

In addition to his position as the Bishop of Zealand within the

freemason
.

Personal life

Friedrich Münter was born on 14 October 1761 in

Gotha to Balthasar Münter, a clergyman. His father moved with his family to Copenhagen in 1765 to become vicar at St. Peter's Church. While in Copenhagen, Friedrich was privately tutored at the vicarage and enjoyed the company of many of his father's renowned acquaintances including the archaeologist Carsten Niebuhr, professor of theology Johann Andreas Cramer, and the poets Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock and Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg.[1] Münter's sister, Sophie Christiane Friederike Brun
was a renowned author and member of the upper class.

In 1791, he married Maria Elisabeth Krohn (1771–1842). Their first son, Balthasar (1794–1867), was born in Copenhagen and became a pastor.[2] Their second son, Carl Vilhelm Theodor Münter (1798–1841), was a public servant.[3] Their daughter, Maria Frederica Franzisca Münter (1796-1871), went by the name "Fanny." In 1815, Fanny married Jacob Peter Mynster who went on to become bishop of Zealand four years after Münter's death.[4]

Career

In 1781 he began his studies at the University of Göttingen, and in 1784 he was the first Protestant to receive a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Fulda.[5] Afterwards, King Christian VII of Denmark sent him to Italy and Sicily to continue his education. In Rome, Münter had contact with Stefano Borgia, who later became cardinal. There he learned the Coptic language. In 1787 he returned to Copenhagen and became a professor at the University of Copenhagen.[5]

Grotefend
in 1802.

Münter's main work is "Religion der Karthager" (Copenhagen, 1816). The second edition (1821) was expanded and included new research. Other works include "Sendschreiben an Kreuzer über Sardische Idole" (Copenhagen, 1822), "Der Tempel der himmlichen Göttin zu Paphos" (Copenhagen, 1824), and "Religion der Babylonier" (Copenhagen, 1827). Some small archaeological works of Münter were included in his "Antiquarische Abhandlungen" (Copenhagen, 1816).

On numismatics Münter wrote: "De numo plumbео Zenobiae reginae Orientis et aeneo Palmyreno" (Petersburg, 1823) and "Ueber die Münzen der Vandalischen Könige von Karthago" ("Antiquarische Abhandlungen", p. 301).

In 1829, he was elected a member to the American Philosophical Society.[9]

Works

Syracuse's map, in Efterretninger om begge Sicilierne (1790)
  • Sinnbilder und Kunstvorstellungen der alten Christen (1825)
  • Betrachtung über die natürliche Religion (1805)
  • De aetate versionum Novi Testamenti copticorum (1790)
  • Dr. Balthasar Münters Leben und Charakteristik (1793)
  • Nachrichten über beide Sizilien (1790)
  • Efterretninger om begge Sicilierne (1790)
  • Statutenbuch des Ordens der Tempelherren (1794)
  • Vermischte Beyträge zur Kirchengeschichte (1798)
  • Die Offenbarung Johannis metrisch ins Deutsche übersetzt (1784)
  • Fragmenta Patrum Graecorum edidit & illustr (1788)

References

  1. Dansk biografisk leksikon, edited by C.F. Bricka, 12. volume, p. 25, Gyldendal
    , 1887–1905.
  2. ^ Bricka, Carl Frederik (1898). Dansk Biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). Vol. XII: Münch-Peirup. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. p. 24.
  3. ^ "Theodor Münter". gravsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  4. ^ Erslew, Thomas Hansen (1847). Almindeligt forfatterlexicon for Kongeriget Danmark: med tilhörende bilande fra för 1814 til 1840 (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Forlagsforeningens Forlag. pp. 321–326.
  5. ^ a b "Friedrich Münter". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). cols. 323–329.
  6. ^ Birch, Variae Lectiones ad Textum IV Evangeliorum, Haunie 1801, pp. LXV-LXVI.
  7. ^ See:
  8. ^ Sayce, Rev. Arnold H. (1908). The Archaeology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions (2nd ed.). London, England: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. p. 10.
  9. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-08.

Literature

External links
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