Gerhard Charles Aalders (25 March 1880 – 30 January 1961), usually styled as G. Ch. Aalders, was a Dutch Old Testament scholar. He was born in London to an English mother and a Dutch father. He studied from 1897 to 1903 at the Free University of Amsterdam.[2] He served as a minister of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands from 1903 to 1920, and as Professor of Old Testament at the Free University from 1920 to 1950.[3] He was rector magnificus of that institution twice.
G. Ch. Aalders
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G. Ch. Aalders in 1931
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| Born | Gerhard Charles Aalders (1880-03-25)March 25, 1880 London, England, U.K. |
| Died | January 30, 1961(1961-01-30) (aged 80) Heemstede, North Holland, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Author, professor |
| Language | Dutch |
| Citizenship | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Free University of Amsterdam |
| Subject | Young Earth creationism |
| Years active | 1920s-1961 |
| Notable works | A Short Introduction to the Pentateuch |
| Spouse |
Maria Westerink (m. 1903) |
| Children | 4 |
Aalders is best known for his books A Short Introduction to the Pentateuch (which I. Howard Marshall says kept him going during his student days)[4] and The Problem of the Book of Jonah. He also wrote a number of commentaries in the Korte Verklaring series: Genesis, Daniel, Esther, Jeremiah, and Lamentations.[5] He was an editor of the series "Commentaar op het Oude Testament" and wrote the commentary "Het Hooglied".[6] He played a mayor role in creating the Dutch translation of the Bible of the Dutch Bible Society.[2]
Historian George Harinck suggests that, along with Seakle Greijdanus, F. W. Grosheide, and Jan Ridderbos, Aalders "took the lead in Neo-Calvinist exegetical production."[7] According to historian of science Abraham Flipse, Aalders introduced American-style Young Earth creationism into the Netherlands in the 1930s.[8]
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