Editing Julius Wegscheider (section)

==Life==
Wegscheider was born at Küblingen (now a part of [[Schöppenstedt]], [[Lower Saxony]]).  He studied theology at the [[University of Helmstedt]], where he was a pupil of [[Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke]]. From 1795 to 1805, he worked as a tutor to the family of a wealthy [[Hamburg]] merchant. In 1805 he presented a dissertation titled ''Graecorum mysteriis religioni non obtrudendis'' at the [[University of Göttingen]]. He then served as a professor of theology at the University of [[Rinteln]] (1806–1810), and at the [[University of Halle]] from 1810 onwards.<ref>[http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Wegscheider,_Julius_August_Ludwig Biography] at [[Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie]].</ref>

Wegscheider was a leading figure of dogmatic [[neology|theological rationalism]]&mdash;for instance, he considered [[supernatural revelation]] to be an impossibility.<ref>[http://cyclopedia.lcms.org/display.asp?t1=w&word=WEGSCHEIDER.JULIUSAUGUSTLUDWIG Christian Cyclopedia] J. A. L. Wegscheider (biographical information).</ref> Because of his rationalist teachings, he, along with his colleague [[Wilhelm Gesenius]], were attacked by followers of [[Supernaturalism]], creating a situation that led to a government investigation (1830).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sJpRAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Wegscheider%2C+Julius%22+1771&pg=PA108 Encyclopædia Americana: a popular dictionary of arts, sciences ..., Volume 13] by Edward Wigglesworth and Thomas Gamaliel Bradford.</ref> Ultimately, he retained his office at Halle, but lost his former influence.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle = Wegscheider, Julius August Ludwig|volume=28|page=468}}</ref>