Sterling Professor of Old Testament at Yale University
Notable work
Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture (1979) The New Testament as Canon: An Introduction (1984) Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible (1992)
Spouse
Ann Childs
Theological work
Era
Late 20th and early 21st century
Language
English
Main interests
Biblical theology (particularly Old Testament theology)
Notable ideas
Canonical approach
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.[4]
^http://manuscripts.ptsem.edu/collection/41 "The Brevard S. Childs Manuscript Collection" at Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Brevard Springs Childs (September 2, 1923 – June 23, 2007) was an American Old Testament scholar and Professor of Old Testament at Yale University from...
focuses on the text of the biblical canon itself as a finished product. BrevardChilds (1923–2007) popularised this approach, though he personally rejected...
scholar BrevardChilds has raised the possibility that the royal psalms are strategically scattered throughout the psalter. According to Childs, these...
Seitz has been influenced by his former teacher and then Yale colleague BrevardChilds, a key figure advocating for the significance of canon in biblical interpretation...
für Peter Stuhlmacher zum 65. Geburtstag included contributions from BrevardChilds, James Dunn, E. Earle Ellis, Scott J. Hafemann, Martin Hengel, and Ben...
doctrine of scripture's absolute harmony" (the criticism is to be found in BrevardChilds' Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture). The weaknesses in...
chapter is divided into 22 verses. The American Old Testament scholar BrevardChilds links this chapter with the first part of chapter 14 as one section...
myth, but there is no agreement on how to define "myth", and so while BrevardChilds famously suggested that the author of Genesis 1–11 "demythologised"...
Birthday. It included contributions from Elizabeth Achtemeier, James Barr, BrevardChilds, Patrick D. Miller, James A. Sanders, and Claus Westermann. Mays, James...
& Walter Sundberg. The Bible in Modern Culture: Baruch Spinoza to BrevardChilds. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. Knight, Douglas A. and Gene M...
Scripture" a "living soul" denotes a "living person". This is because, as BrevardChilds writes, in the biblical view, a person "does not have a soul, but is...
movements). Both of these movements are attached to Yale biblical scholars BrevardChilds, Hans Frei, and George Lindbeck. His Reforming Christian Social Ethics:...
years. His works include The Bible in Modern Culture: Baruch Spinoza to BrevardChilds with Walter Sundberg and Fracture: The Cross as Irreconcilable in the...
330) The King James Version of Genesis 21:14 translates ילד yeled as "child". According to Strong's Concordance of the Bible Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary...
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Professor, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2015. "In Memoriam: Brevard S. Childs". Yale Bulletin & Calendar. Vol. 36, no. 1. Yale Office of Public...
Rad Influences Gerhard von Rad, Walther Zimmerli, Claus Westermann, BrevardChilds Academic work Discipline Biblical Studies Sub-discipline Old Testament...
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agreement that almah may refer to a virgin but not necessarily so. Brevard S. Childs states that, apart from one controversial reference (Proverbs 30:19)...
and the Rhode Island All-State Orchestra. She attended the Brevard Music Center, in Brevard, North Carolina for two summers, and she has performed with...
in Mary in 2017. Teague was being represented by APA, Management 360, Brevard Talent Group, and Myman Greenspan. Teague also appeared as Patrick Hockstetter...
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