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Pieter van Dokkumburg (Dokkenburg), a son of [[Dokkumburg, Sjoerd Pietersz van (d. 1775/1779)|S. P. van Dokkumburg]], who was born on 22 January 1737 at Venhuizen, and died 2 May 1811 at [[Koog aan de Zaan (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Koog aan de Zaan]], was a Mennonite minister. He served the congregations of [[Oudesluis (Noord-Holland, The Netherlands)|Oudesluis]], 1758-1763; [[Twisk (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Twisk]], 1763-1770; and Koog-Zaandijk, 1770-1811. He trained a large number of young men for the ministry, for (like his father) he followed the principles of the [[Zonists|Zonists]]<em> </em>and opposed the ([[Lamists|Lamist]]) [[Amsterdam Mennonite Theological Seminary (Kweekschool)|Amsterdam Theological Seminary]]. He wrote: <em>Verhandelingen over wysgerige onderwerpen; De Wederleggende Godgeleerdheid; Het Stelzel van de Godgeleerdheid, </em>all of which are found in manuscript in the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Library (Bibliotheek en Archief van de Vereenigde
Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam)|Amsterdam Mennonite Library]]. These treatises may have been composed for his theological students.
= Bibliography =
<em>Catalogus der werken over de Doopsgezinden en hunne geschiedenis aanwezig in de bibliotheek der Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam</em>. Amsterdam: J.H. de Bussy, 1919: 221.

<em>Naamlijst der tegenwoordig in dienst zijnde predikanten der Mennoniten in de vereenigde Nederlanden.</em> (Amsterdam, 1808): 75; (1815): 80 f.<em></em>

Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. <em>Biographisch Woordenboek von Protestantsche Godgeleerden in Nederland.</em> The Hague, 1903- : II, 523.<em></em>
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