How to Pronounce Johann Jakob Quandt
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Mar 27, 1686 Königsberg Died on 17 Jan 1772 (aged 85)
Lutheran theologian, known for the first complete translation of the Bible into Lithuanian
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About Johann Jakob Quandt
- Johann Jakob Quandt (Lithuanian: Jonas Jokubas Kvantas; 27 March 1686 in Königsberg – 17 January 1772 in Königsberg) was a German orthodox Lutheran theologian, and professor of theology in Königsberg.
- He opposed Pietism, but sympathized with Wolffianism.
- He is known for sponsoring the first complete translation of the Bible into Lithuanian, the Quandt Bible of 1735.
- He was also a librarian of the Königsberg Public Library (first librarian, 1714–18). He was considered an excellent preacher.
- Frederick the Great called him the best preacher he knew.
- In 1743 he published a hymnal in response to Georg Friedrich Rogall's Pietist hymnal.
