2 September 1923 A.D. Birth: Mr.(Dr. Prof.) Brevard Childs—Professor of Old Testament
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September 1923 A.D. Birth: Mr.(Dr. Prof.) Brevard Childs—Professor of Old Testament
Wikipedia offers the following.
Brevard Springs Childs
(September 2, 1923 – June 23, 2007) was an American Old
Testament scholar and Professor of Old Testament at Yale
University from 1958 until 1999 (and Sterling Professor after 1992), who is considered one of the most influential biblical
scholars of the 20th century.
Thought
Childs is particularly noted for pioneering canonical criticism, a way of interpreting the
Bible that focuses on the text of the biblical
canon itself as a finished product. In fact, Childs disliked
the term, believing his work to represent an entirely new departure, replacing
the entire historical-critical method.[4] Childs set out his canonical approach in his Biblical Theology in
Crisis (1970) and applied it in Introduction to the Old Testament as
Scripture (1979). This latter book has been described as "one of the
most discussed books of the 1980s".[5]
Christopher Seitz argues that Professor Childs single-handedly effected major and
sustained changes in the conceptual framework of modern biblical studies
through appeal to the canonical presentation of biblical books and the
theological implications of attending to their final form.[6]
Seitz has also noted that "there is a small cottage
industry in evaluating the contribution of Brevard Childs."[7]
Education
Publications
·
Myth and Reality in the Old
Testament (1960)
·
Biblical Theology in Crisis (1970)
·
The Book of Exodus: A
Critical, Theological Commentary (1974)
·
Introduction to the Old
Testament as Scripture (1979)
·
Old Testament Theology in a
Canonical Context (1985)
·
The New Testament as Canon:
An Introduction (1985)
·
Biblical Theology of the Old
and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible (1992)
·
Isaiah: A Commentary (2001)
·
The Struggle to Understand
Isaiah as Christian Scripture (2004)
References
3.
Daniel
R. Driver, Brevard Childs, Biblical Theologian: For the Church’s One Bible. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010.
4.
Brevard
S. Childs, Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture (SCM, 1979),
82–83.
7.
Christopher
R. Seitz, "The Canonical Approach and Theological Interpretation" in Craig Bartholomew et
al (eds.), Canon and Biblical Interpretation, p. 61.
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