Jakob Ebert
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Jakob Ebert (26 January 1549 – 5 February 1614) was a German
theologian and poet
.
Life
Born in
Alma Mater ViadrinaFrankfurt (Oder), teaching theology
.
in Hymns
Ebert was the author of the
BuxW 20 and 21) and Johann Sebastian Bach, who based a chorale cantata on it, Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 116
, and used it in several other cantatas.
Literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1975). "EBERT, Jakob". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 1. Hamm: Bautz. col. 1446. ISBN 3-88309-013-1.