Pieter Arie Hendrik de Boer

Pieter Arie Hendrik de Boer (born June 14, 1910 in Woubrugge , † August 5, 1989 in Oegstgeest ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian.

Life

Pieter Arie Hendrik was the son of Hendrik de Boer (* 1872 in Workum) and Maria Maat (* 1873 in Koudekerk). He had attended the municipal high school in Leiden and in 1928 began studying theology and Semitic literature at the University of Leiden . On August 16, 1936, he became a Reformed pastor in the village of Berkenwoude and received his doctorate on May 20, 1938 under Bernardus Dirks Eerdmans with the topic Research into the text of I Samuel I-XVI. A contribution to the study of the Books of Samuel (German: Research in the text of Samuel 1-14. A contribution to the study of the books of Samuel ) to the doctor of theology. On August 5, 1938, he was appointed to the Leiden professorship of the Old Testament, Jewish history and literature, which he assumed on January 10 of the same year and on November 11 of that year the introductory speech Het Koningschap in Oud-Israel (German: The kingship in ancient Israel ) took over.

During the phase of the German occupation of the Netherlands (1940–1945) in World War II, he resigned his professorship on June 1, 1942, which he received again on September 4, 1945 after the end of the same. Studies on the Old Testament were at the center of de Boer's work . In 1939 the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland (OTW) was founded on his initiative , since 1942 he has worked as editor of the journal Oud-Testamentische Studiën and since 1951 as editor of the international journal Vetus Testamentum . In the academy year 1956/57 he was rector of the Alma Mater , for which he gave the rector 's speech Jeremia's twijfel (German: Jeremias Zweifel ) on February 8, 1957 . De Boer became a Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion , he was awarded honorary doctorates from the University of St Andrews and the University of Cambridge . On October 1, 1978 he retired from his professorship and spent the last years of his life in Oegstgeest.

family

De Boer married on August 3, 1936 in Woubrugge with Johanna Anthonia Kroes (born August 30, 1912 in Woubrugge, † December 20, 1991 in Oegstgeest), the daughter of Frederik Kroes and his wife Anthonia Kwakernaak. There are children from the marriage. We know of these:

• Henno de Boer
• W. Marjo J. de Boer married. April 1966 in Oegstgeest with Hans Gerhard Avé Lallemant (born May 2, 1938)
• Lietje AWJ de Boer married. with Rein Leijen
• Ruurd M. de Boer m. Trees minor
• Piet J. de Boer married with Leny MC Hoogteiling
• Was JL de Boer married. with Gerard Bottenheft

Works (selection)

• Research into the text of I Samuel I-XVI: a contribution to the study of the Books of Samuel. Amsterdam 1938
• Het koningschap in oud-Israel. Amsterdam 1938
• De boodschap van het Oude Testament. Assen 1940; 1946
• Genesis II en III. Het verhaal van den hof in Eden. Leiden 1941
• Cain en Abel, Genesis IV 1-16. Haarlem 1942
• De voorbede in het Oude Testament. Leiden 1943
• Onze rules. 2nd edition, Leiden 1951
• Gods beloften over land en volk in het Oude Testament. Delft 1955
• Second Isaiah's message. Leiden 1956
• Jeremia's twijfel. Leiden 1957
• Achtergronden van de huidige wereldcrisis. Leiden 1957
• De Zoon van God in the Oude Testament. Leiden 1958
• Voorbede in het Oude Testament. 1958
• Phoenix bijbelpockets. Bijbelcommentaren voor de modern men. Hilversum 1962-1967
• Remembrance and Remembrance in the Old Testament World. Stuttgart 1962
• Zoals he is shown over de uittocht. Zeist 1962
• Zoals he is drawn over Jozef en de aartsvaders. Zeist 1962
• Zoals he is shown over het paradijs. Zeist 1962
• Zoals he gezegd is over de intocht (Jozua). Zeist 1963
• When he is shown over the judges. Zeist 1963
• Zoals he is drawn is over de woestijn. Zeist 1963
• Zoals he gezegd is over de propeten der ballingschap. Zeist 1964
• Zoals he is drawn over Isaiah. Zeist 1964
• As he is shown over Koningen en Kronieken. Zeist 1964
• Zoals he gezegd is over de psalmen. Zeist 1965
• When he is shown over job. Hilversum 1965
• Zoals he is shown over de opbouw na de ballingschap. Zeist 1965
• Zoals he is over Daniël. Hilversum 1966
• Zoals he is drawn over de wijsheid. Hilversum 1966
• Fatherhood and motherhood in Israelite and Judean piety. Leiden 1974
• Geloof, eens en voor altijd Gegeven of een mogelijke gift in iedere tijd? 1976
• Liber Samuelis = Sefer Šěmūʾel. Stuttgart 1976
• Honderd jaar "Uit Egypte ...". Leidse opstellen over de Scheiding tussen kerk en Staat aan de openbare theologische faculteit. Leiden 1979
• Religieuze aspectsen van het Palestijnse vraagstuk. Leiden 1982, Katwijk 1983

literature

• Konrad Dirk Jenner: Boer, Pieter Arie Hendrik de. In: Biografisch Lexicon voor de Geschiedenis van het Nederlands protestantisme. Uitgeverij Kok, Kampen, 2006, Vol. 6, pp. 36-40 ( online )

Web links

• De Boer in the professorial catalog of the University of Leiden
• De Boer at the Digital Library of Dutch Literature (DBNL)
• De Boer (by Pieter Herfst) at Erfgoed Leiden