Julius Wegscheider, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Julius Wegscheider

German theologian

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1771

Date of Death: 27-Jan-1849

Profession: theologian, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Julius August Ludwig Wegscheider (27 September 1771 – 27 January 1849), was a German Protestant theologian. He was born at Küblingen (now a part of Schöppenstedt, Lower Saxony).
He studied theology at the University of Helmstedt, where he was a pupil of Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke.
From 1795 to 1805, he worked as a tutor to the family of a wealthy Hamburg merchant.
In 1805 he presented a dissertation titled Graecorum mysteriis religioni non obtrudendis at the University of Göttingen.
He then served as a professor of theology at the University of Rinteln (1806–1810), and at the University of Halle from 1810 onwards.Wegscheider was a leading figure of dogmatic theological rationalism — for instance, he considered supernatural revelation to be an impossibility.
Because of his rationalist teachings, he, along with his colleague Wilhelm Gesenius, were attacked by followers of Supernaturalism, creating a situation that led to a government investigation (1830).
Ultimately, he retained his office at Halle, but lost his former influence.