Tiele, Cornells Petrus

D.D. (hon., Leiden, 1853), Dutch theologian; b. at Leiden, Dec. 16, 1830; studied at the Remonstrants' Seminary and at the Athenaeum of Amsterdam; became Remonstrant pastor at Moordrecht, 1853; Rotter dam, 1856 profe or in the Remonstrants' Seminary, translated to Leiden, 1873; profe or of the history of religions, in the University of Leiden, 1877 (for his inaugural addre es, see below). He edited for a time "The Signs of the Times" (in Dutch), the organ of the so-called " modern theology; " and a isted upon Gids; and since its foundation, in 1867, has been joint editor with A. Kuenen, A. D. Loman, and L. W. llauwenhoff of the Theologisch Tijdschrift, Leiden. He is the author of Specimen theolog i cum sistens annotalionem in locos nonnullos erangelii Joannei, ad vindicandam hujus evangel i i authentiam (publicly defended, Amsterdam), 1853; and in Dutch of " The Gospel of John considered as a source of the Life of Jesus," 1855; " The Religion of Zarathustra," 1864; Vergelijkende Geschiedenis der Egyplische en Me so pot a misc he Godsdienslen (" Comparative History of the Egyptian and Me so pot am i an Religions "), 1869-72, 2 parts (French trans., Paris, 1882; English authorized trans, by James Ball in gal, part 1, History of the Egyptian Religion, London, 1882); De plaats ran de Godsdienslen der Natuurvolken in de Godsdienst-geschiedenis (" The Place of the Religions of the Savages in the History of Religion," inaugural), 1873; Geschiedenis van den Godsdienst tot aan de heerschappij der Wereldgodsdiensten, 1876 (English trans, by J. E. Carpenter, Outlines of the History of Religion to the Spread of the Universal Religions, London, 1878, 3d ed. 1884; French trans., Paris, 1880; German trans., Berlin, 1880); De vrucht der A yriologie voor de vergelijkende geschiedenis der Godsdienslen (" The Results of A yriology for the Comparative History of Religion," inaugural), 1877 (German trans, by K. Fried eric i, Leipzig, 1878); De Gelijkenis van het Vaderhuis ("The Parable of the Father's House"), 1861, later eds.; Twaalf Preken ("Twelve Sermons"), 1873; Iluldreich Zwingli (an addre at the Zwingli Festival in the Remonstrants' Church at Rotter dam, Dec. 30, 1883), 1884; contributions in the Revue de I'his to ire des Religions, Paris, etc.