Prof. dr. Matthijs J. de Jong
Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders
Prof. dr. Matthijs J. de Jong (1977, The Netherlands) holds the Chair by Special Appointment of Bible Translation in Contemporary Context at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and is head of translation at the Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders.
De Jong studied in Leiden and Oxford and obtained his PhD at Leiden University. As a Bible translator he contributed extensively to the Dutch Bible in Plain Language (2014) and the revision of the Dutch Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling, resulting in the NBV21 (2021).
De Jong combines a broad research profile in Biblical studies with the specialism of Bible translation methodology. His primary research interest lies in contextualizing Bible translation, both as a historical phenomenon and as a contemporary activity.