David J. A. Clines
| David John Alfred Clines | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 November 1938 Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | foundation of the Sheffield Academic Press |
| Board member of | President of the Society for Old Testament Study, President of the Society of Biblical Literature |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Sydney, St John’s College, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biblical studies |
| Institutions | University of Sheffield |
| Notable works | Job (WBC) |
David John Alfred Clines (born 21 November 1938 Sydney, Australia) is a biblical scholar. He is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Sheffield.
Clines studied at the University of Sydney and St John’s College, Cambridge. He has served as President of the Society for Old Testament Study, as well as President of the Society of Biblical Literature. In 2003, a Festschrift was published in his honour. Reading from Right to Left: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honour of David J.A. Clines () included contributions by James Barr, John Barton, Joseph Blenkinsopp, Walter Brueggemann, Brevard Childs, Patrick D. Miller, Rolf Rendtorff, Hugh Williamson, and Ellen van Wolde. In 2013, he was honoured with another Festschrift, Interested Readers: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honor of David J. A. Clines, which included contributions from Marc Zvi Brettler, Norman C. Habel, and Athalya Brenner.
Clines served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 2009. Together with David M. Gunn, Clines made the University of Sheffield a pioneer in literary readings of the final form of the biblical text. Followers of this approach are sometimes referred to as the "Sheffield school".
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