Education
University of Wittenberg.
theologian university professor writer
University of Wittenberg.
Olearius taught philosophy at his alma mater, the University of Wittenberg. He also served as a court preacher and chaplain. He compiled "one of the largest and most important German hymnals" of the 1600s.
His hymn "Gelobet science der Herr, mein Gott" is the base for the chorale cantata Gelobet science der Herr, mein Gott, BWV 129, by Johann Sebastian Bach, who included another stanza in his cantatas Freue dich, erlöste Schar, BWV 30.