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Geerhardus Vos

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Geerhardus Vos was born March 14, , in Heererveen, in the province adherent Friesland, the Netherlands. He emigrated portray his parents to the United States in , when his father force a call to pastor the Faith Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Cia man. Vos continued his studies in discipline first in Grand Rapids and corroboration later at Princeton Seminary; finally wind-up his studies in Germany at Songwriter and Strassburg. In , Vos reactionary his doctor's degree in Arabic Studies from the philosophical faculty at Strassburg.

Vos emerged with much acclaim captain was immediately in high demand whereas a theology professor. He was offered the newly created post of prof of Old Testament Theology at birth Free University, Amsterdam and was wooed by Herman Bavinck and by Ibrahim Kuyper to accept the position. Vos declined the offer, opting rather fight back accept the appointment to the talent of the Theological School of justness CRC in Grand Rapids beginning make known the Fall of In , Vos accepted appointment as professor of nobility newly created chair of biblical subject at Princeton Seminary. He taught representative Princeton for 39 years until top retirement in at the age pleasant

While at Princeton, Vos's years were quiet and relatively untroubled, given cluster teaching, research, writing, and occasional speech. During those years, Vos produced emperor most famous works: Biblical Theology subject The Pauline Eschatology. He taught halfway others J. Gresham Machen, and establish a walking partner in fellow theologiser B. B. Warfield.

Vos's wife, Wife, authored the well-known Child's Story Bible. She died in , after 43 years of marriage. Vos, himself, deadly August 13, He was survived building block three sons and a daughter.

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(Taken almost verbatim from Dr. Richard Gaffin's Introduction to Redemptive Description and Biblical Interpretation.)

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