9 2 ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁Ober hof pred iger ▁( first ▁pre acher ) ▁to ▁the ▁Sax on ▁court ▁in ▁Dresden . ▁ ▁Rein hard ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁influ ential ▁Protest ant ▁minister s ▁of ▁his ▁era , ▁and ▁was ▁an ▁important ▁representative ▁of ▁" en light ened ▁the ological ▁super natural ism ". ▁He ▁was ▁not ▁opposed ▁to ▁contemporary ▁rational ist ▁thought , ▁yet ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁str essed ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁divine ▁supre m acy ▁and ▁Bib lic al ▁authority . ▁In ▁his ▁ser m ons ▁and ▁lect ures ▁he ▁attempted ▁to ▁establish ▁the ▁" tr uth ▁of ▁Luther an ism " ▁by ▁rational ▁means . ▁ ▁Rein hard ▁was ▁a ▁prominent ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁Leben - J es u - For sch ung ▁( Qu est ▁for ▁the ▁Historical ▁Jesus ) ▁movement , ▁a ▁concept ▁initi ated ▁by ▁Hermann ▁Samuel ▁Re imar us ▁( 1 6 9 4 - 1 7 6 8 ). ▁He ▁also ▁ex ert ed ▁considerable ▁influence ▁upon ▁the ▁German ▁educational ▁system . ▁ ▁Pub lished ▁works ▁ ▁Among ▁written ▁works ▁attributed ▁to ▁him ▁was ▁a ▁ 3 9 - volume ▁collection ▁of ▁his ▁ser m ons ▁that ▁were ▁published ▁between ▁ 1 7 9 3 ▁and ▁ 1 8 3 7 . ▁Other ▁noted ▁publications ▁by ▁Rein hard ▁include : ▁ ▁Vers uch ▁über ▁den ▁Plan , ▁wel chen ▁der ▁St if ter ▁der ▁christ lichen ▁Religion .. ▁( 1 7 8 1 ); ▁translated ▁into ▁English ▁in ▁ 1 8 3