Johann Gerhard Meuschen

Who was Johann Gerhard Meuschen?

Johann Gerhard Meuschen was a German Lutheran theologian born in Osnabrück. He was the father of conchologist Friedrich Christian Meuschen.

He studied theology and Oriental languages at the University of Jena, and in 1703 became an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Kiel. Afterwards he served as a minister in Osnabrück, the Hague and Hanau. In 1723 he moved to Coburg, where he was appointed community Kirchenrath, and in the meantime taught classes in theology at the gymnasium. He worked in Coburg for the remainder of his life.

With others, he was co-author of "Novum Testamentum ex Talmude et antiquitatibus Hebraeorum illustratum", which was a collection of treatises of the New Testament from Jewish writings. Meuschen was an outspoken opponent of Jesuitism. In 1707 he released an anti-Jesuit pamphlet titled "Nugae venales Rullenses", a publication that was publicly condemned and burned. Other noted works by Meuschen include:

Heilige Moralien über die Passion, 1726.

Ceremonialia electionis Pontificum Romanorum, 1731.

Postilla mystica evangelica das ist: der geheime geistliche sinn der Sonn- und Festtags- Evangelien..., 1733.