JAN HENDRIK

See also:

• JAN HENDRIK SCHOLTEN (181r-1885)

SCHOLTEN (181r-1885)  , Dutch Protestant theologian, was born at Vleuter near Utrecht on the 17th of August 1811 . After studying at Utrecht University, he was appointed professor of theology at Franeker . From Franeker in 1843 he went to Leiden as professor extraordinarius, and in 1845 was promoted to the rank of ordinarius . Through Scholten, A . Kuenen became interested in theology; Scholten was not then the radical theologian he became later . The two scholars in course of time created a movement resembling that of the 1 To be distinguished from scolium (swamp), an after-dinner song . Spread of Nominal-ism . Tubingen Schoof in Germany . Pursuing first the study of dogmatic theology and the philosophy of religion, Scholten published a work on the Principles of the Theology of the Reformed Church (2 vols., 1848—1850, 4th ed . 1861—1862) . He then gave special attention to the New Testament, and wrote A Critical Study of the Gospel of John (1864, in German 1867) . He died on the loth of April 1885 .

Scholten's other

works include: Historical and Critical Introduction to the New Testament (1853–1856) ; The Oldest Witnesses to the Writings of the New Testament (1866) ; The Oldest Gospel (1868) ; and The Pauline Gospel (187o) . An account of his theological development is given in Afschaidsrede bij het Neerleggen van het Hoogleeraarsambt (1881), and in the biography written by A . Kuenen, Levensbericht van J . Henricus Scholten (1885) .