About Johann Jakob Hess
Lived 1741 – 1828 (aged 86). Johann Jakob Hess was a Swiss theologian, chairperson, writer and preacher.
Johann Jacob Hess (or Johann Jakob Hess) (21 October 1741 in Zürich - 29 May 1828 in Zürich) was a Protestant Swiss theologian and clergyman.
Life Hess's father was the town clock maker Salomon Hess. He studied from 1755 to 1760 in Collegium Carolinum Zürich, followed by his ordination as In 1767 he married Anna Maria Schinz from Embrach, in 1777 he was appointed deacon of Fraumünster, in 1795 rector und Antistes of the clergy of the Canton of Zürich.
He is known as the pioneer of literature of the quest for the historical Jesus through his Geschichte der drei letzten Lebensjahre Jesu (Zürich 1768) and Lebensgeschichte Jesu (8th edition, 1823).
Posthumously published was his Briefe über die Offenbarung Johannis (Zürich 1844).
Works Meine Bibel. Ein Gesang. Freunden d. Bibelanstalten gewiedmet von Johann Jakob Heß. 2., hdl..rm. u. verb. Auflage. Zürich: Orell, Füßli u. Co., 1821. Geschichte und Schriften der Apostel Jesu. Von dem Verfasser der Geschichte Jesu. 1773 1. Aufl., 1775 2. Aufl., Jew. Zürich. Dgl., - Mit einer Beilage von Anmerkungen für catholische Leser -, Salzburg, Mayr. 1791.
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Johann Jakob Hess was born on 21 October 1741 in Zurich.
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Johann Jakob Hess died on 29 May 1828 in Zurich.
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Johann Jakob Hess was a theologian, chairperson, writer and preacher.
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Johann Jakob Hess was Swiss.
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