Vriezen, Theodorus Christiaan°
VRIEZEN, THEODORUS CHRISTIAAN°
VRIEZEN, THEODORUS CHRISTIAAN ° (1899–1981), Dutch biblical scholar and Semitist. Born in Dinxperlo, Vriezen was a teacher of religion at The Hague from 1929 to 1941, and graduated as doctor of theology in 1937, the title of his thesis being Onderzoek naar de paradijsvoorstelling bij de oude semietische volken. In 1940 he taught Babylonian-Assyrian language at the University of Utrecht; in 1941 he became ordinary professor of Old Testament studies at the State University of Groningen, and in 1965 at the State University of Utrecht.
Of his many articles and books written on the Old Testament and the Umwelt of Israel, the best known are his De Literatuur van Oud-Israel (1961), De godsdienst van Israel (The Religion of Israel, 1963) and his Hoofdlijnen van der theologie van het Oude Testament (1954), which was translated into many languages.
[Adam Simon Van Der Woude]