Koppen, Daniel Joachim

Koppen, Daniel Joachim, a German divine, was born at Lubeck in 1736. He was pastor at Zettemin for thirty-nine years, and died June 7, 1807. Koppen secured for himself, by earnest literary labors, the reputation of great scholarship, and his works are all valuable. He wrote Hauptweck des Predigtamtes (Leipzig, 1778, 8vo) : — Die Bibel, ein Werk der gottlichen Weisheit (ibid, 1787-88, 2 vols. 8vo; 2d edition, much enlarged, 1797-98):-Wer ist Christ (ibid, 1800, 8vo).-Doiring, Gelehrte Theol. Deutschlands, ii, 155 sq.