GABLER  ,JOHANN PHILIPP (1753-1826),

German Protestant theologian of the school of J . J . Griesbach and J . G . Eichhorn, was born at Frankfort-on-Main on the 4th of June 1753 . In 1772 he entered the university of Jena as a theological student . In 1976 he was on the point of abandoning theological pursuits, when the arrival of Griesbach inspired him with new ardour . After having been,successively Repetent in Gottingen and teacher in the public schools of Dortmund (Westphalia) and Altdorf (Bavaria) ,he was, in 1785, appointed second professor of theology in the university of Altdorf, whence he was translated to a chair in Jena in 1804, where he succeeded Griesbach in 1812 . Here he died on the 17th of February 1826 . At Altdorf Gabler published (1791–1793) a new edition, with introduction and notes, of Eichhorn's Urgeschichte; this was followed, two years afterwards, by a supplement entitled Neuer Versuch caber die mosaische Schopfungsgeschichte . He was also the author of many essays which were characterized by much critical acumen, and which had considerable influence on the course of German thought on theological and Biblical questions . From 1798 to 1800 he was editor of the Neuestes theologisches Journal, first conjointly with H .

K . A . Hanlein (1762–1829), C . F. von

Ammon (1766–1850) and H . E . G . Paulus, and afterwards unassisted; from 18o1 to 1804 of the Journal fur theologische Litteratur; and from 18o5 to 1811 of the Journal fur auserlesene theologische Litteratur . Some of his essays were published by his sons (2 vols., 1831) ; and a memoir appeared in 1827 by W . Schroter .