COLL/133 Guide to the Ralph Janssen Collection Janssen, Ralph Collection

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Guide to the Ralph Janssen Collection Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Ralph Janssen Collection 1918-1972 COLL/133 Ralph Janssen, 1874-1972 1.00 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Professor of Old and New Testament Exegesis at Calvin Seminary. Reports and pamphlets referring to the controversy in the Christian Reformed Church over the teachings of R. Janssen at Calvin Seminary, also correspondence.
Biographical Information:

Ralph Janssen was born in Zeeland, Michigan, in 1874. Janssen received his BA from the University of Chicago in 1897. Janssen furthered his education by studying abroad, attending the universities of Halle-Wittenberg and Heidelberg in Germany and Strasbourg of France. In 1892, Janssen received his PhD in philosophy from Halle-Wittenberg. In 1902, Janssen accepted a faculty position at Calvin College as professor of Greek and Hebrew. By 1906, Janssen set off for Europe again, this time to study at the University of Leipzig, the Divinity School of the United Free Church in Glasgow, and the Free University of Amsterdam.

In 1909, Janssen became Professor of Greek at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, until 1914. Janssen returned to Grand Rapids as Calvin Seminary Chair of Hebrew Language and Exegesis. Because of the controversy surrounding Janssen, he was dismissed from his teaching duties in 1923. Also in 1923, Janssen moved to Chicago and became a stockbroker at Halsey Stuart Investment Company. Janssen continued to do some lecturing and tutoring until his death in 1942. Janssen and his wife, Johanna, had six children together: John, Gertrude, Andrew, Catherine, Martha, and Margaret.

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Detailed List of Contents id28990 The Janssen Case id28991 1 id28992 1 1 Communication to consistory of Second CRC Englewood, Illinois; G. B. Van Heyningen id28993 1 2 Genealogy of Weersing family, includes Janssen id28994 1 3 Inhoudende een Protest tegenden besluit van de Synode 1922 id28995 1 4 Nedere Toelichting Omtrent de Zaak Janssen, door vier professoren id28996 1 5 Ralph Janssen after Fifty Years, Reformed Journal Dec-72 id28997 1 6 Ralph Janssen papers 1918 id28998 1 7 Ralph Janssen papers, "De Zaak van Dr. Ralph Janssen, Synode, 1920" id28999 1 8 Reports and Decisions in the Case of Dr. R. Janssen 1922 id29000 1 9 Report to the Curatorium of the CRC in North America concerning teachings of Dr. Janssen, D. H. Kromminga, et al. id29001 1 10 Verdediging van het Besluit der Synode van 1922 ter Afzetting van Dr. Janssen Tegenover een Protest id29002 1 11 Waar het in the Zaak Janssen om Gaat, door Vier Professoren en Vier Predikanten id29003 1 12 De Crisis in de Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerk in America 1922 Scope and Contents

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id29004 1 13 De Synodale Conclusies 1923 Scope and Contents

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id29005 1 14 Het Synodale Vonnis en Zijne Voorgeschiedenis Kerkrechtelijk Beoordeeld 1922 Scope and Contents

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id29006 1 15 Voorzetting van den Strijd 1922 Scope and Contents

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