Johann Joachim Lange

Johann Joachim Lange.

Johann Joachim Lange (1670 in Gardelegen 1744 in Halle) was a German Protestant theologian and philosopher.

Lange was educated in Leipzig, Erfurt and Halle. He was influenced by Christian Thomasius and the pietist August Hermann Francke. He became a professor of theology at Halle in 1709, and opposed the philosophy of Christian Wolff.[1] He died in Halle on May 7,1744.

Lange wrote the hymn O God, what offering shall I give?, translated into English by John Wesley.[2]

His son, Samuel Gotthold Lange, was a noted poet.

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References

  1. Fonnesu, Luca (2006), "Lange, Johann Joachim", in Haakonssen, Knud, The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy 2, Cambridge University Press, p. 1176
  2. http://www.hymnary.org/text/o_god_what_offering_shall_i_give


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