Johannes Paulus Stricker (18 October 1816, The Hague

The Hague

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 - 27 August 1886, Nieuwer-Amstel) was a theologian and biblical scholar. He attended the University of Leiden where he worked with J. F. van Oordt

Johan Frederik van Oordt

Johan Frederik van Oordt; name sometimes spelled as Joan Frederik van Oordt was a Dutch theologian born in Rotterdam....

, a key figure in the new Groningen theology

Groningen theology

Groningen theology was a popular movement which grew from the founding influence of Philip Willem van Heusde, who was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utrecht from 1804 to 1839. The emphasis of the movement was education: God educates people through his acts. The ideas of Groningen...

. He sat his ordination examination in May 1841, and was appointed to a ministerial post in October of that year. In December of that year, he married Willemina Carbentus, an older sister of Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...

's mother. As an uncle he tutored the young Vincent in theology and biblical criticism in 1877-78.

Works

• Bijbelwordenbock voor het Christelijke Gezin, (1855) (Biblical Dictionary for the Christian Family)
• Het Geloof in Jezus Christus de Eenige Weg tot Zaligheid, (1861) (Belief in Jesus Christ, the only Way to Salvation)
• Jezus van Nazareth volgens de Historie Geschetst, (1868) (Jesus of Nazareth, Drawn according to History)