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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 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.〔Brevard S. Childs, ''Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture'' (SCM, 1979), 82–83.〕 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".〔Tremper Longman, ''Old Testament Commentary Survey'', 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999), 19.〕 Childs' influences included Karl Barth〔(Obituary ) at Yale University〕 and Hermann Gunkel.〔Daniel R. Driver, ''Brevard Childs, Biblical Theologian'' (Baker Academic, 2012) §4 “Form-Final Form-Canon after Gunkel”.〕 Christopher Seitz argues that
Seitz has also noted that "there is a small cottage industry in evaluating the contribution of Brevard Childs."〔Christopher R. Seitz, "The Canonical Approach and Theological Interpretation" in Craig Bartholomew ''et al'' (eds.), ''Canon and Biblical Interpretation'', p. 61.〕 For example John Barton writes about Child’s response to those who claimed that historical criticism “deliberately took away the Bible’s religious claims in order to subject it to analysis”. In Child’s canonical approach, writes Barton, “the interpreter of the Bible should not confront the biblical text as if it were a newly discovered documment.” 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.”〔John Barton ''The Nature of Biblical Criticism'' (Westminster John Knox, 2007), 143-144.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brevard Childs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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