Johann Benjamin Koppe
Johann Benjamin Koppe was a German Lutheran theologian. He originated the "fragment
hypothesis" in response to the Synoptic problem.
He studied at the universities of Leipzig and Göttingen, where in 1775 he became a professor of theology. In 1784 he relocated to Gotha as a senior pastor, upper consistory and general superintendent, then in 1788 moved to Hanover as first court chaplain at the Schlosskirche, consistory and general superintendent for the Grafschaft Hoya.
Published works
- Pindari Carmina et fragmenta : cum lectionis varietate et annotationibus, ; with Christian Gottlob Heyne and Gottfried Hermann, edition of Pindar,. Publisher: Oxonii : R. Bliss, 1807-1809.
- D. Robert Lowth's Lord Bischofs zu London... Jesaias : neu übersetzt nebst einer Einleitung und critischen philologischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen, 1779-1781;.
- Christliches Gesangbuch, 1789 - Christian hymnbook.
- Novum Testamentum Graece : perpetua annotatione illustratum, ; continued after Koppe's death by Johann Heinrich Heinrichs, Christoph [Friedrich von Ammon] and Thomas Christian Tychsen, 1809-1828.
- "Notes on the epistle to the Romans; intended to assist students of theology, and others, who read the scriptures in the originals" by Samuel Hulbeart Turner, 1824; translated from the Latin of Johann Benjamin Koppe.