BREITHAUPT, JOACHIM JUST.
Das Saltz der Erden, das ist nach Matth. V, 13. die christliche Schuldigkeit der Lehrer und Zuhörer: In dreyen Theilen, nemlich, 1) VII. Betrachtungen; 2) LXXXIII. Hallischen Ordinations-Reden; 3) LXXXIII. Magdeb. Ordinations-Reden.
Halle, Wäysenhauses, 1729.
4to. Bound in a very nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. All edges of boards with blindstamped ornamentation. All edges of book block marbled. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Spine-ends with a wear, boards with a few scratches, internally very fine, fresh and clean - a very fine and well kept copy. (10), 24, (8), 95, (17), 384, (24), 352, (16) pp.
Beautiful copy in essentially unread condition of Breithaupt’s famous religious work focusing on the duties and responsibilities of Christian teachers and their congregations, inspired by the biblical verse Matthew 5:13, where Jesus refers to his followers as "the salt of the earth." "Das Saltz der Erden": This phrase means "The Salt of the Earth," which is a reference to Matthew 5:13, a verse from the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus says, "You are the salt of the earth." The metaphor suggests that Christians, like salt, are meant to have a preserving, purifying, and flavorful influence on the world. The book discusses the mutual responsibilities of those who teach the Christian faith and those who listen, being the congregation or followers. Joachim Justus Breithaupt (1658 – 1732) was a German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer. Born in Northeim to Superintendent Christian Breithaupt he began his studies in Helmstedt in 1676 and became vice-principal in Wolfenbüttel in 1680. Following a plague, he continued his theological studies under Christian Kortholt the Elder at the University of Kiel and later lectured in Frankfurt am Main. He progressed when he became court preacher and consistory councilor in Meiningen in 1685 and later pastor at the Predigerkirche in Erfurt, senior of the spiritual ministry, and professor of theology at the University of Erfurt in 1687. In 1705 he was appointed General Superintendent of the Duchy of Magdeburg and in 1709, became abbot of the Magdeburg Foundation and the Monastery of Berge.
This present 1729-edition being the third and final edition expanded with numerous ordination sermons from both Halle and Magdeburg and with an index, not present in the first and second edition. The print and the size (4to) makes this essentially a luxury edition as opposed to the much more modest print of the second edition from 1726 in 8vo. OCLC list none of the alleged first edition from 1725. Just one copy of the second edition from 1726 and five copies of this present third expanded edition.
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DKK 8.500,00