The is a publication by the company J.H. Kok from Kampen, the Netherlands. The first edition appeared in five volumes from 1926 to 1929 with a supplement in 1931, under the redaction of the reformed theologian Frederik Willem Grosheide (1881–1972, father of the later secretary of state

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.) A second edition, in six volumes, followed from 1956 to 1961. Both editions are reference works for the

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. In 2005 a third edition appeared in three volumes under the same title, but the word ''Christian'' is treated from an

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perspective. The authors of the latest edition include

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and

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. The editor-in-chief was George Harinck.

Editions

*, compiled under the editorship of F.W. Grosheide, J.H. Landwehr, C. Lindeboom and J.C. Rullmann. 5 volumes. Kampen: Kok, 1926–1929. Volume 6: Supplement and register, 1931. * edited by F. W. Grosheide nd G.P. van Itterzon. 2nd completely revised edition. 6 volumes. Kampen: Kok, 1956–1961. * edited by George Harinck (chief editor), Wim Berkelaar and Lodewijk Winkeler. rd ed. 3 volumes. Kampen: Kok, 2005. {{Authority control Christian encyclopedias Encyclopedias in Dutch 1926 non-fiction books 1956 non-fiction books 2005 non-fiction books Christianity in the Netherlands 20th-century encyclopedias 21st-century encyclopedias