Brevard Childs

Brevard Springs Childs ( born September 2, 1923 in Columbia, South Carolina, † June 23 2007 in New Haven, Connecticut) was an American Old Testament scholar. From 1958 to 1999 he was professor of Old Testament at Yale University. After 1992 he was Sterling Professor at Yale. Childs is considered one of the most influential Bible scholars of the 20th century. He was married to Ann Childs.

Theological influences

Childs has been heavily influenced by Karl Barth and Hermann Gunkel's form-critical view of biblical texts.

Childs contribution to theological science

Childs is primarily known for his pioneering work in the field of canonical exegesis ( "canonical criticism" ), a form of understanding of the Bible or the biblical hermeneutic that takes the text of the Bible seriously in its final stage. Childs himself was not a friend of these terms ( " canonical interpretation ", " canon criticism ", etc.), because he was convinced that his approach opened up a completely new approach, which replace the whole historical-critical method. Childs put his approach in 1970 is in his work Biblical Theology in Crisis and turned him in 1979 in the book Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture. The latter was "one of the most discussed books of the 1980s ."

Christopher Seitz turned on the assertion that "Professor Childs larger and lasting changes in the conceptual framework of modern biblical research led to single-handedly by, he relied on the presentation of biblical writings in the canon and on the theological implications when noticed their final form. "

Degrees

  • B. A., M. A.: University of Michigan
  • B.D.: Princeton Theological Seminary, 1950
  • Th.D.: University of Basel, 1955

Publications

  • Myth and Reality in the Old Testament, SCM Press: London 1960.
  • Biblical Theology in Crisis, Westminster John Knox Press: Louisville ( Kentucky), 1970, ISBN 0-664-22143-2
  • The Book of Exodus: A Critical, Theological Commentary, Westminster John Knox Press: Louisville ( Kentucky) 1974.
  • Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture, London / Philadelphia 1979.
  • Old Testament Theology in a Canonical Context, Fortress press: Minneapolis 1985.
  • Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible, London / Philadelphia 1993, ISBN 0-8006-2675-3
  • Isaiah: A Commentary, Westminster John Knox Press: Louisville (Kentucky ) 2001.
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