Jakob Ebert

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Jakob Ebert (26 January 1549 – 5 February 1614) was a German theologian and poet. He was born in Sprottau, the son of Andreas Ebertus. Ebert served as school director in Soldin, Schwiebus, and Grünberg. In 1594 he joined the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder) to teach theology. He wrote the hymn Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, published in 1601 with a melody by Bartholomäus Gesius. Composers who used this hymn include Dietrich Buxtehude and Johann Sebastian Bach, who based a chorale cantata on it (Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 116) and used it in several other cantatas.