Johann Joachim Lange

Johann Joachim Lange (26 October 1670 – 7 May 1744) was a German Protestant theologian and philosopher.

[1] Lange was born in Gardelegen and educated in Leipzig, Erfurt and Halle.

He was influenced by Christian Thomasius and the pietist August Hermann Francke.

He became a professor of theology at Halle in 1709, and opposed the philosophy of Christian Wolff.

Lange wrote the hymn O God, what offering shall I give?, translated into English by John Wesley in 1739.