Eric Peels
Hendrik George Laurens (Eric) Peels (born 25 May 1956) is a Dutch minister, theologian and a former professor of Old Testament.At the age of eighteen, Peels left Dordrecht for Apeldoorn to study theology at the then still Theological College. He studied Akkadian at the Free University of Amsterdam. On 10 June 1982, Peels was confirmed as pastor of the Christian Reformed Church in Zoetermeer. From 1987 he was an associate professor of Old Testament subjects. In 1992, Peels obtained his PhD with a dissertation entitled The Vengeance of God. A theme about which he had also written his doctoral thesis. From 1993, Peels was professor of Old Testament subjects. He was active in the combined research group of the Theological University in Kampen and the Theological University in Apeldoorn called Biblical Exegesis and Systematic Theology (BEST).
Peels retired on 27 January 2023. His farewell lecture was entitled: Then I am deeply moved...' Our images of God and Jeremiah's image of God'. During the ceremony, Peels was appointed officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau on behalf of the King. Synod Chairman Rev. J.G. Schenau called him the teacher of "preferring to listen longer". Because his handling of the Bible can be typified by the alliterative motto: "I'd rather listen longer." By this he means that when reading unruly Bible texts, we should not be too quick to impose a dogmatic or moral grid on the text, but rather listen longer to what it actually says and what it means.
Peels and his wife had four children, including philosopher and theologian Rik Peels. Provided by Wikipedia
Psalms and prayers : papers read at the Joint Meeting of the Society of Old Testament Study and Het Oudtestamentische Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België, Apeldoorn August 2006...
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The essays in this volume focus on the interpretation of the Book of Psalms and comparable texts in the Hebrew Bible. A variety of methods is applied to the ancient texts. Some essays concentrate on composition and structure, others on redaction and context. It is of great interest to see that each approach has its strength and its limits: stressing the importance to read the Psalms with a multi-dimensional matrix of methods. By viewing the Psalms as prayers, and thus as expressions of both faith and despair, a perspective on the contents of the ancient hymns and their functions in daily life has been opened. This volume contains various incentives for future research.
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"The papers collected in this volume were all read at the Joint Meeting of The Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS) and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Belgie (OTW), in Apeldoorn, 21-24 August 2006. The Dutch and British Old Testament Societies foster a long tradition of Joint Meetings, of which this was the 13th since the start in 1970, now hosted by the Theological University of Apeldoorn." Netherlands. :
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