Introduction

Biography

Jonathan was son of Chris­tian Wilh­elm Krause, Mas­ter of the Cloth Work­ers and Sex­ton at Hirsch­berg.

Entering the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig in 1718, he went in 1723 to Wit­ten­berg, where he gra­du­at­ed MA.

He was then for some time tra­vel­ing tut­or to a young Bar­on von Bir­ken, and 1727–32 a tu­tor in the fa­mi­ly of Bar­on von Nos­titz at Polg­sen (near Wohl­au).

On Au­gust 20, 1732, he was or­dained as dia­co­nus of Probst­hayn, near Lieg­nitz, and in 1739 be­came chief pas­tor of the Church of St. Pe­ter and St. Paul at Lieg­nitz. In 1741 he was al­so ap­point­ed Su­per­in­tend­ent and As­sess­or of the Con­sis­to­ry.

Works

• Die zum Lobe Gott­es er­öff­nete Lip­pen der Gläu­big­en (Ham­burg, Ger­ma­ny: 1732)
• Gnade und Wahr­heit Gott­es in Chris­to Je­su (Leip­zig and Lau­ban, 1739)
• Liegnitz Ge­sang­buch, 1745 (ed­it­or)