Geerhardus Vos (March 14, 1862 - August 13, 1949), the "Father of Reformed Biblical Theology", was one of the best-known American theologians of the late-19th- and early-20th-centuries, and one of the most distinguished representatives of the Princeton Theology. Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ...

Biography

Vos was born March 14, 1862, in Heerenveen, in the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands, the son of a Dutch Reformed pastor. In 1881, when Geerhardus was 19 years old, his father accepted a call to be the pastor of the Christian Reformed Church congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Heerenveen (Frisian: It Hearrenfean) is a municipality and a town in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands. ... Capital Leeuwarden Queens Commissioner drs. ... The Dutch Reformed Church or Netherlands Reformed Church (in Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk (NHK)) is a denomination of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin. ... The Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA or CRC) is a Protestant Christian denomination which follows Reformed Calvinist theology. ... Flag Nickname: Furniture City Location Location of Grand Rapids within Kent County, Michigan Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Michigan Kent Mayor George Heartwell Geographical characteristics Area     City 45. ...

Geerhardus Vos began his education at the Christian Reformed Church's Theological School in Grand Rapids, before moving to Princeton Theological Seminary. He completed his studies in Germany, receiving his doctorate in Arabic Studies from the Philosophy Faculty of Strassburg University in 1888. The steeple of Alexander Hall Princeton Theological Seminary, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is one of the worlds leading institutions for graduate theological education and home of the largest theological library in the United States. ... Philosopher in Meditation (detail), by Rembrandt. ...

Herman Bavinck and Abraham Kuyper tried to convince Vos to become professor of Old Testament Theology at the Free University in Amsterdam, but Vos chose to return to America. Thus, in Fall 1888, Vos returned to Grand Rapids to take up a position on the CRC's Theological School faculty. Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) was born in the town of Hoogeveen in the Netherlands. ... Portrait of Abraham Kuyper by Jan Veth Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) was born in the town of Maassluis and was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, scholar, and statesman. ... The Vrije Universiteit is a university in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Coordinates Website www. ...

In 1892, Vos moved and joined the faculty of the Princeton Theological Seminary, where he became its first Professor of Biblical Theology. At Princeton Seminary, he taught alongside J. Gresham Machen and B.B. Warfield. During his time there, Vos authored his most famous works, including: Pauline Eschatology (1930) and Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments (1948). Biblical Theology is a discipline within Christian theology which studies the Bible from the perspective of understanding the progressive history of God revealing himself to Man following the Fall and throughout the Old Testament and New Testament. ... Categories: Stub | 1881 births | 1937 deaths | American theologians | Christian fundamentalism | Presbyterianism | Reformed theologians ...

Vos' wife, Catherine, authored the well-known Children's Bible Story. She died in 1937, after 43 years of marriage. They had three sons and one daughter. Their son Johannes, studied at Princeton Theological Seminary and also became a minister. Vos died August 13, 1949.

Writings by Geerhardus Vos

The Mosaic Origin of the Pentateuchal Codes (1886)
The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church (1903)
The Self-Disclosure of Jesus: The Modern Debate about the Messianic Consciousness (1926)
"Jeremiah's Plaint and its Answer" in The Princeton Theological Review (1928)
The Pauline Eschatology (1930)
Charis, English Verses (1931)
Western Rhymes (1933)
Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments (1948)

Published Posthumously:

The Teaching of the Epistle to the Hebrews (1952)
Grace and Glory (1994)
The Eschatology of the Old Testament (2001)