Seakle Greijdanus (sometime rendered "Saekle", 1 May 1871 – 19 May 1948) was a Reformed theologian in the Netherlands, who first served in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and later in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated).

Greijdanus was born in Arum, Friesland and studied theology at the Free University in Amsterdam, where he specialized in dogmatics.

Seakle Greijdanus

As a minister, he served the Reformed churches of Rozenburg, Zuid-Beijerland and Paesens-Moddergat. In 1917 he became professor at the Kampen Theological University.

Seakle Greijdanus

Greijdanus wrote a number of commentaries in the Korte Verklaring series: Luke, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Johannine epistles, Petrine epistles, and Revelation.

Seakle Greijdanus

George Harink suggests that, along with G. Ch. Aalders, F. W. Grosheide, and Jan Ridderbos, Greijdanus "took the lead in Neo-Calvinist exegetical production." Nevertheless, he opposed certain ideas propagated by the Neo-Calvinist Abraham Kuyper, and in 1944 he joined Klaas Schilder to form the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated).

He died in Zwolle.

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1871 births

1948 deaths

Dutch Calvinist and Reformed theologians

People from Dongeradeel

People from Korendijk

People from Rozenburg

People from Wûnseradiel

Reformed Churches (Liberated) Christians from the Netherlands

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni

20th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians

Dutch biblical scholars

New Testament scholars

Bible commentators