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Jacobus van Zanten (Santen) (d. ca. 1740), a physician at Haarlem, Holland, and in 1683-ca. 1730 an elder of the [[Blok, Den (Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Den Blok]] ([[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]]) Mennonite congregation, was a conservative Mennonite who stressed the confessions of faith. He was a friend of [[Schijn, Herman (1662-1727)|Herman Schijn]]. Besides some medical works van Zanten published a book on Socrates (1710); translations from English: John Milton, <em>Paradise Lost</em> under the title <em>Paradys Verlooren</em> (Haarlem, 1728), and John Gale <em>Aanmerkingen op den Kinderdoop</em> ([[Leiden (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Leiden]], 1741); a theological study on the Apostles' Creed, entitled <em>De Historie van het Symbolum oft Geloofsformulier der Apostelen</em> (Haarlem, 1707, repr. Utrecht, 1711); and <em>Oorzaken van't Verval der Christelyke Godvruchtigheid</em> (Haarlem, 1717). Being unmarried he willed a considerable part of his property to the Haarlem congregation, which is still administered as the Jacobus-van-Zanten-fonds.
= Bibliography =
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<em class="gameo_bibliography">Doopsgezinde Bijdragen</em> (1897): 166 f.

Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek</em>. Leiden, 1911-1937: V, 1169.
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