Pieter Gert van der Veen

Pieter Gert van der Veen , in his publications also Peter Van der Veen , (born May 6, 1963 in Raalte , Netherlands ) is a Dutch evangelical Old Testament scholar and Biblical archaeologist .

Life

Van der Veen completed his Bible studies at the European Bible Institute in Lamorlaye, France, with a diploma in 1984. (The European Bible Institute in Lamorlaye was founded in 1952 by Robert Philip Evans (Greater European Mission). Evans worked closely with Billy Graham on his Europe-related projects.) As a Bible student in Lamorlaye, van der Veen showed an interest in the work of David Rohl , the when the Egyptologist proposed a new chronology. Van der Veen then studied Protestant theology at the International Correspondence Institute in Brussels and at the Protestant faculty of the University of Leuven . 1987–1988 he also took courses in Palestine archeology at the Catholic University of Leuven (KULeuv). This was followed by work at Bible schools, mostly as a lecturer for the Old Testament: École biblique supérieure in Moundou (Tschad), 1991–1992 Bible schools Walzenhausen and Bern-Kehrsatz , 1994–1997. The Bible schools in Walzenhausen and Kehrsatz belong to the umbrella organization Newlife International. Since 1994 van der Veen has headed a working group for biblical archeology. From 1997 to 2002 he was a scholarship holder of the study group Word and Knowledge , which was followed by an activity as an academic member of the archaeological working group of the same organization (until today).

In 2005 van der Veen received his doctorate from the University of Bristol with a thesis on Iron Age seal inscriptions ( The Final Phase of Iron Age IIC and the Babylonian Conquest: A reassessment with special emphasis on names and bureaucratic titles on provenanced seals and bullae from Israel and Jordan ). In the following years van der Veen took part in archaeological projects in the Jerusalem area as a square supervisor and survey supervisor .

From 2014 to 2018 Pieter Gert van der Veen was a lecturer at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Chair Wolfgang Zwickel ); there he offered workshops on Iron Age Jerusalem and the foreign iconography of Palestine. Since his habilitation in July 2018, van der Veen has been a private lecturer (substitute professor from April 2019 to September 2020) for Palestine archeology at the Department of Old Testament and Biblical Archeology at the same university.

Teaching

For the Calwer Bible atlas co-edited by Zwickel , van der Veen wrote a number of articles and was co-author of the work Herder's New Bible Atlas, also co-edited by Zwickel.

Van der Veen has been associated with the Hänssler Verlag in Holzgerlingen since his editing (1997–2002). Uwe Zerbst, co-author of several books on archeology, “works as a scientist in a large research center in Northern Germany”.

Together with Peter James (ancient historian) and Robert Morkot (Egyptologist), John Bimson (Old Testament scholar) and Uwe Zerbst, he is a founding member of the international chronology forum BICANE ( Bronze to Iron Age Chronology of the Ancient Near East ). In the background stands the by Peter James et al. represented shorter Egyptian chronology ( Centuries of Darkness , 1991), which represents a minority opinion in Egyptology, even if it has received more attention in recent times. It remains to be seen what effects the working hypothesis will have on standard chronology and what consequences it has for the interpretation of Old Testament historiography.

Publications (in selection)

Uwe Zerbst and Peter van der Veen (Eds.): Biblical Archeology at the Crossroads? Pros and cons of re-dating archaeological epochs in Old Testament Palestine . Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2002.
Uwe Zerbst and Peter van der Veen (eds.): No trumpets before Jericho? Contributions to the archeology of the land acquisition. Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2005, revised new edition 2018.
Uwe Zerbst and Peter van der Veen: From Ur to Nazareth. A biblical-archaeological journey through time . Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2009.
Uwe Zerbst and Peter van der Veen: People without ancestors? In the footsteps of the patriarchs and early Israel. Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2013.
The Final Phase of Iron Age IIC in Judah, Ammon and Edom: A Study of Provenanced Official Seals and Bullae as Chronological Markers. Ugarit Verlag 2014.
Peter James and Peter van der Veen (Eds.): Solomon and Shishak: Current Perspectives from Archeology, Epigraphy, History and Chronology - Proceedings of the Third BICANE Colloquium at Sidney Sussex College Cambridge March 26-27, 2011 . Archaeopress, Oxford 2015.

Web links

curriculum vitae
van der Veen at Johannes Gutenberg University
Article by van der Veen on Spektrum.de

Individual evidence

↑ Gerald H. Anderson: Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions . Eerdmans, 1999, p. 204 .
↑ Thomas B. Tribelhorn: "The Bible is a myth" - do I have to believe that ?: Evaluate facts instead of burying God . Translated from English and technically revised by Peter van der Veen. SCM Hänssler, 2016, p. 75–79 (Tribelhorn received his doctorate from Netzer David International Jeschiva and teaches at St. Petersburg Seminary in Florida; both institutions - with student numbers in the double-digit range - are in cooperation with the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations. The book is published by the Wort and knowledge so advertised: "It shows that allegations against the credibility of the Bible are based on a massive distortion of the evidence. The coherent defense he presents in this book has the power to change your life and re-establish your faith . ").
^ Oswald Eggenberger: Churches, sects, religions: religious communities, ideological groups and psycho-organizations in the German-speaking area: a manual . Theological Publishing House Zurich, 2003, p. 108–109 : “Newlife represents an extraverted and offensive piety marked by a strong will to preach and to improve the world. (...) The Bible, it is taught, is inspired and infallible in its entirety. "
↑ Dr. Ing.Uwe Zerbst. Retrieved July 27, 2018 .
↑ Peter James and Peter van der Veen: Chronology II: Palestine. Historical image in pieces? In: Spectrum of Science. November 21, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Veen, Pieter Gert van der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Veen, Peter Van der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch Evangelical Old Testament scholar and Biblical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 6, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Raalte , Netherlands

[1] Gerald H. Anderson: Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions . Eerdmans, 1999, p. 204 .

[2] Thomas B. Tribelhorn: "The Bible is a myth" - do I have to believe that ?: Evaluate facts instead of burying God . Translated from English and technically revised by Peter van der Veen. SCM Hänssler, 2016, p. 75–79 (Tribelhorn received his doctorate from Netzer David International Jeschiva and teaches at St. Petersburg Seminary in Florida; both institutions - with student numbers in the double-digit range - are in cooperation with the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations. The book is published by the Wort and knowledge so advertised: "It shows that allegations against the credibility of the Bible are based on a massive distortion of the evidence. The coherent defense he presents in this book has the power to change your life and re-establish your faith . ").

[3] Oswald Eggenberger: Churches, sects, religions: religious communities, ideological groups and psycho-organizations in the German-speaking area: a manual . Theological Publishing House Zurich, 2003, p. 108–109 : “Newlife represents an extraverted and offensive piety marked by a strong will to preach and to improve the world. (...) The Bible, it is taught, is inspired and infallible in its entirety. "

[4] Dr. Ing.Uwe Zerbst. Retrieved July 27, 2018 .

[5] Peter James and Peter van der Veen: Chronology II: Palestine. Historical image in pieces? In: Spectrum of Science. November 21, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2018 .