Johann Gottlieb Faber

Johann Gottlieb Faber (1717–1779) was a Lutheran theologian of Germany.

Portrait of Faber in the collection of the University of Tübingen

Life

Johann Gottlieb Faber was born at Stuttgart on 8 March 1717. He studied at Tübingen, and was appointed professor there in 1748. In 1767 he was made a member of the consistory and abbot of Alpirsbach. He died at Stuttgart on 18 March 1779.

Works

• De Naturalismo Morali (Tübingen, 1752);
• De Anima Legum (Tübingen, 1752);
• De Principe Christiano (Tübingen, 1753);
• De Miraculis Christi (Tübingen, 1764);
• Meletema Philosophicum (Tübingen, 1765);
• De Diverssis Fontibus Tolerantiae (Tübingen, 1769);
• Theologia Dogmatica (Stuttgart, 1780).

Sources

• Hartmann, Julius (1877). "Faber, Johann Gottlieb". In Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Vol. 6. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 496.

Attribution:

• Pick, B. (1887). "Faber, Johann Gottlieb". In McClintock, John; Strong, James (eds.). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Supplement.—Vol. 2. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 369. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.