Gereformeerde Dogmatiek (5 vols.)
These volumes are in their original Dutch language and are parallel to our English translations. Check out our original translation for the Gereformeerde Dogmatiek .
Overview
Geerhardus Vos’ Gereformeerde Dogmatiek (also known as Dogmatiek) (5 vols.) represents the early theological thought of one of the premier Reformed thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Originally self-published in five volumes in 1896, this important piece of Reformed theology is now available in its original language for readers to compare alongside our English translations.
Throughout his life, Vos was connected with a number of important Reformed institutions. He was the first alumnus of Calvin Seminary (then Theological School) to earn a doctoral degree and also the first Calvin Seminary faculty member to have an advanced degree. Before his appointment at Calvin, Vos was invited by Abraham Kuyper to take the chair of Old Testament Theology at the newly formed Free University (Vrije Universiteit) in Amsterdam.
After teaching at Calvin, Vos accepted a position at Princeton during the days of the Old Princeton Theologians. He held the chair of Biblical Theology there from 1892 until 1932. Vos is perhaps best known to English speakers for his books Pauline Eschatology, published in 1930, and Biblical Theology: Old and New Testament, published in 1948. Vos’ strong grounding in biblical scholarship and biblical theology makes his Gereformeerde Dogmatiek unique, bringing a fresh biblical perspective. Though these five volumes are systematic in nature, Geerhardus Vos brings the skills and acumen of a biblical theologian to the task.
Key Features
- An extremely rare and hard-to-find text you won’t find anywhere else
- The original Dutch edition of Geerhardus Vos’ Gereformeerde Dogmatiek
- Access to some of the most profound Reformed systematic theology of the twentieth century
- Penned by the Father of Reformed Biblical Theology
Praise for the Author’s Knowledge and Scholarship
Dr. Vos was the greatest pedagogue I ever sat under.
. . . the most penetrating exegete it has been my privilege to know.
Vos’ insights are penetrating, refreshing, and orthodox.
—James T. Dennison Jr.
Product Details
- Title: Gereformeerde Dogmatiek (5 vols.)
- Author: Geerhardus J. Vos
- Language: Dutch
- Volumes: 5
Partially included
Gereformeerde Dogmatiek: Theologie
- Author: Geerhardus J. Vos
- Publication Date: 1910
Volume one of Vos’ Gereformeerde Dogmatiek covers the Doctrine of God, including his knowability, his names, being, and character. Vos discusses the Trinity and its evidence in Scripture and its theological development in the church fathers. Also examined are God’s acts and our knowledge of them, creation, predestination, and the providence of God.
Gereformeerde Dogmatiek: Anthropologie
- Author: Geerhardus J. Vos
- Publication Date: 1910
The second volume of Gereformeerde Dogmatiek examines anthropology, with a focus on the nature of humanity, sin, and the covenant of grace. He begins his examination of human nature with the question: What does scripture say about the nature of humanity? From there, Vos examines the relationship between the body and the soul. In hamartiology, Vos surveys various philosophical perspectives on sin and investigates the claims of Scripture. The volume concludes with a lengthy study of God’s covenants with humanity through the Old Testament culminating with the New Covenant.
Gereformeerde Dogmatiek: Christologie
- Author: Geerhardus J. Vos
- Publication Date: 1910
The focus of volume three is Christology. It covers the Person of Christ which includes his two natures and the incarnation, and then also the work of Christ: his death and resurrection, the nature of his sacrifice, and his office as priest and mediator.
Gereformeerde Dogmatiek: Soteriologie
- Author: Geerhardus J. Vos
- Publication Date: 1910
Volume four covers Soteriology continues and builds on Vos’ examination of the work of Christ. He discusses the nature of salvation, evidence of salvation in the Holy Spirit and the Church, and the order of salvation (the Ordo Salutis).
Gereformeerde Dogmatiek: Ecclesiologie, Media Gratiae, Eschatologie
- Author: Geerhardus J. Vos
- Publication Date: 1910
The fifth and final volume of Gereformeerde Dogmatiek presents Geerhardus Vos’ views on ecclesiology, the sacraments, and eschatology. He deals with the nature of the church and its purpose. Vos’ discussion of the Means of Grace (Media Gratiae) goes beyond merely the sacraments of baptism and the Eucharist into issues of the Gospel Proclamation as well. Lastly, he concludes with his examination of eschatology both in the sense of “things to come” and also in the sense of the current state of the church as existing in the “already, but not yet.”
About the Author
Geerhardus J. Vos, born in 1862, was a Dutch American theologian. He was the first alumnus of Calvin College (then Theological School) to earn a doctoral degree. Vos studied Old Testament at Princeton Seminary and graduated with honors. He then went on to do doctoral work in Semitics at the University of Berlin for one year, followed by two years at the University of Strasburg. He returned to teach at Calvin in 1888, but accepted an invitation to hold Princeton’s new chair of biblical theology in 1892. He held the chair until his retirement in 1932. During his time at Princeton he taught some of the great Reformed minds of the twentieth century, including John Gresham Machen and Ned Bernard Stonehouse. Vos was also an essential catalyst in the establishment of biblical theology as a discipline. He passed away in 1949. Vos’ thinking and scholarship in theology has influenced Cornelius Van Til, John Murray, Richard B. Gaffin Jr., and Herman Ridderbos.
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