Jan Hendrik Scholten

Jan Hendrik Scholten (born Johannes Heinrich Scholten, 17 August 1811, Vleuten – 10 April 1885, Leiden), Dutch Protestant theologian, was born at Vleuten near Utrecht.

[2] From Franeker in 1843 he went to Leiden as professor extraordinarius, and in 1845 was promoted to the rank of ordinarius.

The two scholars in course of time created a movement resembling that of the Tübingen School in Germany.

He then gave special attention to the New Testament, and wrote A Critical Study of the Gospel of John (1864, in German 1867).

[4] Scholten's other works include: An account of his theological development is given in Afscheidsrede bij het Neerleggen van het Hoogleeraarsambt (1881), and in the biography written by A Kuenen, Levensbericht van J. Henricus Scholten (1885).