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Jan Gabriël Van der Watt (born 5 November 1952) is a South African biblical scholar and Bible translator who moved to the Netherlands in 2009 to take up a chair in New Testament and Source texts of early Christianity at Radboud University in Nijmegen. It was announced on 5 October 2010 that he has been appointed "vice-decaan van de Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen". In 2011 he resigned from this position. For a quarter of a century previously, he was professor at the University of Pretoria, where he was named as one of the 100 most influential academic thinkers in the 100-year history of the University of Pretoria, South Africa (see www.up.ac.za under Leading Minds. Apart from other influential former South African scholars such as Cilliers Breytenbach (Belin) and David du Toit (Munchen), Van der Watt is also rated as international acknowledged researcher that is regarded by some of his South African peers as international leader in his field, though not verified by external international criteria (see www.nrf.ac.za under rated researchers). Van der Watt is internationally best known for his monograph: Family of the King: Dynamics of Metaphor in the Gosepl According to John.〔()〕 ==Background== He was born on 5 November 1952 in Germiston, South Africa. He obtained no less than eight university degrees, all with distinction. He also represented his university in rugby and athletics and received provincial colours for athletics which enabled him to be selected for the South African national competition. In 2008 he received the University of Pretoria Commemorative Research Medal – Honoring our Leading Minds (1908–2008). This medal is awarded to a select number of researchers (100) in all fields, called "Our (= Univ. of Pretoria) leading minds (1908–2008)", that have played a significant role in establishing the University of Pretoria as a leading research institution over the past 100 years of the history of this institution. He has been acknowledged as a world leader in studies of the Gospel according to John, by the National Research Foundation of South Africa currently the highest rating for a theologian in South Africa. this indicates unanimous international recognition as well established researcher with significant recognition as world leader in particular field–this rating is done through international peer reviewing). He has successfully supervised 30 PhD's and 84 masters candidates. He is currently the General editor of the Review of Biblical Literature (2005–), a member of the SNTS and an Alexander Von Humboldt scholar. He has been married to Shireen (née Crous) for three decades, and they have one daughter (Nireen), a medical doctor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan van der Watt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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