Introduction

Biography

Johann was the son of Hein­rich Bösch­en­stein, an Ess­lingen fish­er­man.

Johann is re­mem­bered as a He­bra­ist, hymn writ­er and ma­the­ma­ti­cian.

He at­tend­ed the La­tin school in Ess­ling­en (to­day’s Geor­gii-Gym­na­si­um).

After be­ing or­dained a priest in 1494, he went to Aug­sburg and In­gol­stadt, where he stu­died He­brew with Mos­es Möll­in from Weiß­en­burg, Cas­par Amm­an (1450–1524) and Jo­han­nes Reuch­lin (1455–1522).

In 1505, be­came a He­brew tu­tor at In­gol­stadt.

Leaving this in 1514, he went to Aug­sburg, where he pub­lished a He­brew Gram­mar in 1514. In 1518, by re­com­men­da­tion of Reuch­lin, he was in­vit­ed to be­come a Greek and He­brew tu­tor in Wit­ten­berg, where he had Phi­lipp Mel­anc­thon as a pu­pil.

In 1519, he went to Nur­em­berg; in 1521 to Hei­del­berg; and in 1522 to An­twerp.

After a short stay in Zür­ich, where he taught He­brew to Ul­rich Zwing­li, in 1523 he set­tled in Augs­burg, where he re­ceived a roy­al li­cense to teach He­brew.