Introduction

Biography

Rube was the son of the pas­tor at Hoh­en-und Thal-Eb­ra.

After com­plet­ing his stu­dies in law and be­com­ing a li­cen­ti­ate, Rube was ap­point­ed judge (Amt­mann) at Burg­ge­mün­den (near Als­feld), and then, about 1704, at Bat­ten­berg.

He was a ve­ry pro­li­fic hymn writ­er: The Uni­vers­al Ge­sang-Buch, pub­lished in five vol­umes (Hom­burg: 1738–44), had 536 ti­tles by Rube. The ear­li­est ap­peared in Lup­pi­us’ An­däch­tig Sing­end­er Christ­en-Mund (We­sel, 1692), and the Geist­reich­es Ge­sang-Buch.