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Abraham "Bram" van de Beek (born 9 October 1946) is a Dutch theologian. He was a professor at Leiden University and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Career
Van de Beek was born on 9 October 1946 in Lunteren. Between 1964 and 1970 he studied Theology at Utrecht University, obtaining a Master degree under Arnold van Ruler. Four years later he earned a PhD in botany under F.P. Jonker at the same university. Van de Beek then moved to Leiden University and earned a DTh in 1980 under supervision of Hendrikus Berkhof.
Van de Beek was a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church between 1970 and 1981. He then started as professor of biblical and systematic theology at Leiden University, which he would remain until 2000. In that year he became professor of Christian symbolism at the VU University Amsterdam.
In 1997 Van de Beek was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.