Jakob van Bruggen (born 23 September 1936) is a Dutch New Testament scholar.
He served as Professor of New Testament at the Theological University of the Reformed Churches in Kampen from 1967 to 2001.
[1] van Bruggen was born in Odoorn and studied at the Theological College in Kampen before becoming a minister of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated).
van Bruggen edited the third series of Commentaar Nieuwe Testament, and wrote a number of volumes, including those on Matthew, Mark, Luke, Romans, and Galatians.
[3] In that work, van Bruggen "emphasized the critical role that the church has to play in Bible translation.