Jan P. Fokkelman
Dutch biblical scholar
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| Intro | Dutch biblical scholar | |||
| Places | Netherlands | |||
| is | Hebraist | |||
| Work field | Social science | |||
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| Birth | 23 March 1940 | |||
| Age | 84 years | |||
| Star sign | Aries | |||
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Jan P. Fokkelman (born 23 March 1940) is a Dutch biblical scholar. Fokkelman was born in Batavia, in the Dutch East Indies. He studied, and then taught, at the University of Leiden.
Fokkelman is perhaps best known for his 4-volume, 2400-page work on the Books of Samuel. Fokkelman is a central figure in the "narrative revolution" in biblical studies, which emphasises a literary approach to the text.
He lives in Zutphen.