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Brevard Childs was born on 2 September, 1923 in Columbia, South Carolina, US, is an Old Testament scholar and professor. Discover Brevard Childs's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Occupation Sterling Professor of Old Testament at Yale University
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 2 September 1923
Birthday 2 September
Birthplace Columbia, South Carolina, US
Date of death June 23, 2007
Died Place New Haven, Connecticut, US
Nationality United States

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1923

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.

Childs is particularly noted for pioneering the canonical approach, 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.

1943

Childs' formal education was interrupted during 1943-45 while he was serving in the United States Army during World War II.

After being discharged, he continued his academic work at the University of Michigan.

1955

In addition to the following books, during the 1955–2006 period, Childs wrote some eighty articles and reviews.

1958

From 1958-1999, he was Professor of Old Testament at Yale University.

1970

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).

1980

This latter book has been described as "one of the most discussed books of the 1980s".

Childs' influences included Karl Barth and Hermann Gunkel.

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."

Seitz has also noted that "there is a small cottage industry in evaluating the contribution of Brevard Childs."

For example, John Barton writes about Childs' response to those who claimed that historical criticism "deliberately took away the Bible's religious claims in order to subject it to analysis".

In Childs' canonical approach, writes Barton, "the interpreter of the Bible should not confront the biblical text as if it were a newly discovered document."

To the contrary, as Barton reads Childs, "a properly theological reading of the Bible, by contrast, would treat it just as it stands as a vehicle of a living faith."

1981

In addition to his earned degrees, Childs was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Theology by the University of Aberdeen in 1981 and by the University of Glasgow in 1992.

Most of Childs' professional life was spent in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.

1990

In 1990, a Festschrift was published in his honor.

Canon, Theology, and Old Testament Interpretation: Essays in Honor of Brevard S. Childs included contributions from James Barr, John Van Seters, Ronald E. Clements, and James Luther Mays.

2007

In 2007, shortly after returning from his spring residence in the United Kingdom, Childs suffered a severe fall at his home in Connecticut from which he did not recover.

He had continued writing and publishing until the end.

Childs was survived by his wife, Ann, and their children, Cathy and John.

Ellen Davis of Duke Divinity School studied under Childs and notes:

"His scholarship was very fully integrated into his character, it would be very difficult to separate those two. He was a Christian. His work was a form of discipleship."