Dominee Leendert Schouten (1828-1905) en zijn Bijbels Museum

Abstract

Rev. Leendert Schouten (1828-1905) and his Biblical Museum: On the relationship between faith, gospel proclamation, and scale models of the tabernacle and the temple mount The Biblical Museum of Schouten is an interesting phenomenon within the context of Dutch Protestantism. The Museum reflects the experience and religious identity of a nineteenth-century pastor in relation to material culture. A seemingly paradoxical relationship that, on closer inspection, fits perfectly with the theological paradigm of prophetic and historical truth of the Bible, as opposed to new methods of exegesis. The Museum also provides insight into a form of Protestantism in which the conversion of Jews and Messianic expectations about the rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem are high on the agenda.