Jacob Cramer

Jacob Cramer

Jacob Cramer (born December 24, 1833 in Rotterdam , † May 18, 1895 in Utrecht ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian.

Life

Jacob was the son of the pharmacist Jan Anthonie Cramer (born March 19, 1799 in Rotterdam; † December 12, 1874 in Utrecht) and his second wife Cornelia Claudia van Waning (born March 26, 1805 in Bleiswijk), who was married on October 19, 1831 in Bleiswijk ; † (May 9, 1887 in Velp).

After attending the Erasmusgymnasium in Rotterdam, he enrolled at the University of Utrecht on September 15, 1852 to study theology. Here he attended the lectures of Henricus Egbertus Vinke , Antonie van Goudoever , Simon Karsten , Jacobus Cornelis Swijghuijsen Groenewoud , Hermannus Bouman , Bernard ter Haar and Cornelis Willem Opzoomer . After he received his doctorate in theology on June 11, 1858 with Specimen historico-dogmaticum de Arianismo , he passed his parish exam on August 3, 1858 and succeeded Gijsbert Hendrik Lamers as deputy director of the Mission House in Rotterdam in the same year. In 1859 he became pastor in the villages of Oude-Wetering, in 1862 pastor in Charlois and in 1866 pastor in Amsterdam . During that time he published several theological treatises.

On April 28, 1876, he was appointed professor of theology in Groningen for the New Testament, dogma and church history, which he took on on October 10, 1876 with the introductory speech on theology and his lectures on October 20 of the same year on the subject het hooge concerns the dungeon divorce before the evangeliedienaar van onzen tijd began. In 1884 he changed to the University of Utrecht as a professor of church history, dogma history and Christian archeology, which task he took over on September 19, 1884 with the introductory speech De symbolische verklaring der evangelische geschiedenis . On April 12, 1888, he moved to the chair of the interpretation of the New Testament, the history of the teachings of the Christian religion and early Christian literature. In his capacity as a Utrecht university lecturer, he also participated in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the alma mater in 1892/93 . He resigned this office with the speech Verslag van de lotgevallen of the Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht in het studiejaar 1892-1893 .

family

Cramer married on September 4, 1861 in Rotterdam with Simonia Louisa Lagerwerff (born April 19, 1840 in Rotterdam, † April 17, 1919 in Utrecht), the daughter of Cornelis Diedericus Lagerwerff and Johanna Hendrika van Zuijdam. Two daughters and four sons are from the marriage. We know of these:

• Johanna Hendrika Cramer (born July 26, 1862 in Alkemade, † March 26, 1933 in Veere) married. June 1, 1866 in Utrecht with Gerard Johan Weijland (born April 27, 1860 in Groningen; † July 25, 1935 in Middelburg)
• Jan Anthonij Cramer (born April 8, 1864 in Charlois, † July 5, 1952 in De Bilt) married. February 14, 1889 in Utrecht with Louise Apolonia Augusta Josephina Ernestina Witte Eechout (born June 29, 1863 in Breda; † November 12, 1942 in De Bilt)
• Louis Cramer (born October 17, 1865 in Charlois, † February 15, 1938 in Apeldoorn) married. April 18, 1901 in Utrecht with Berendina Reinetta Bremer (born November 26, 1859 in Doesburgh; † August 13, 1930 in Apeldoorn)
• Cornelis Diederikus Cramer (born October 29, 1866 in Amsterdam, † January 22, 1941 in Utrecht) married. September 17, 1896 in Utrecht with Susanna Maria Gewin (* May 21, 1874 in Abcoude; † March 5, 1929 in Utrecht)
• Cornelia Claudia Cramer (born August 15, 1868 in Amsterdam; † May 28, 1948 in Muiden) married. July 5, 1900 in Utrecht with Jacob Leendert de Raadt (* March 24, 1872 in Schiedam; † April 21, 1948 in Muiderberg)
• Jacob Cramer (born April 30, 1872 in Amsterdam, † February 20, 1957 in Soest) married. October 30, 1900 in Utrecht with Maria ten Bosch (born April 12, 1875 in Utrecht; † July 23, 1944 in Soest)

Works (selection)

• Specimen historico-dogmaticum de Arianismo. Utrecht 1858
• Zes empty talk, uitgegeven tot een aandenken voor de gemeente te O. en N. Wetering. Rotterdam 1863
• De illusion of modern direction. Een woord naar aanleiding van den jongsten strijd tusschen Prof. JH Scholten en Dr. A. Pierson. Amsterdam 1867
• Christendom en Humaniteit. Amsterdam 1871
• Waarheen nu? Eene vraag aan all who lived right en waarheid in the NH Kerk. Amsterdam 1872
• Wij gaan vooruit. Een woord van bemoediging in the kerkelijken strijd. Amsterdam 1873
• Kerk en theology. Redevoering bij de aanvaarding van het hoogleeraarambt aan de Groninger Hoogeschool, uitgesproken 10 October. Groningen 1876
• Het leven des geloofs. Zes empty talk the herinnering aangeboden aan de gemeente in Amsterdam. Amsterdam 1877
• Alexandre Vinet as christelijk moralist en apologeet geteekend en gewaardeerd. Bekroond en uitgegeven door het Haagsch Genootschap tot verdediging van den Christelijken Godsdienst. Leiden 1883
• De canon of HS in the first four eeuwen der christel. kerk. Geschiedk, onderzoek. Amsterdam 1883
• De R. Cath. en de oud-Prot. lettering. Hist. Onderzoek. Amsterdam 1883
• The symbolic declaration of the evangelical divorced. Redevoering bij de aanvaarding van het hoogleeraarsambt aan de Rijks-Universiteit te Utrecht, uitgesproken the 19th of September 1884. Utrecht 1884
• De Prot. Orthodoxie en het Protestantisme. Utrecht 1884
• De jongste hypothesis. Utrecht 1885
• Het houten en het ijzeren juk. Utrecht 1887
• De beteekenis van 'het Nieuwe Testament' voor den theoloog van onzen tijd. Redevoering op 24 Maart. Utrecht 1893

literature

• Gijsbert Hendrik Lamers: Levens report from Dr. J. Cramer. In: Handelingen en mededeelingen van de Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde te Leiden, over het jaar 1894–1895. EJ Brill, Leiden 1895 ( online )
• J. Herderscheê: CRAMER (Jacob) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 4. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 467 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1918, reprint unchanged).
• Cramer (Jacob) . In: Lambregt Abraham van Langeraad, Jan Pieter de Bie en Jakob Loosjes: Biographical woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland. Deel 2. Kemink & Zoon, Utrecht 1908-1918

Web links

• Cramer in the Catalogus Professorum Academiae Rheno-Traiectinae
• Cramer in the professorial catalog of the University of Groningen
• Cramer in the digital library of Dutch literature