title: Jan P. Fokkelman
text: # Jan P. Fokkelman
  
  Jan P. Fokkelman (born 23 March 1940) is a Dutch biblical scholar. Fokkelman was born in Batavia, in the Dutch East Indies. He studied, and then taught, at the University of Leiden.
  
  Fokkelman is perhaps best known for his 4-volume, 2400-page work on the Books of Samuel. Fokkelman is a central figure in the "narrative revolution" in biblical studies, which emphasises a literary approach to the text.
  
  He lives in Zutphen.
  
  