Articles by Childs
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Childs, Brevard S. “The Canon in Recent Biblical Studies: Reflections on an Era.” Pro Ecclesia 14/1 (2005): 26–45. Repr. pages 33–57 in Canon and Biblical Interpretation (partial PDF via publisher, through p41). Edited by Craig Bartholomew et al. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006.
— “Speech-act Theory and Biblical Interpretation.” Scottish Journal of Theology 58/4 (2005): 375–392. |doi|
— “Critique of Recent Intertextual Canonical Interpretation.” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft115/2 (2003): 173–184. |doi|
— “A Tribute to the Book List of SOTS.” Pages 90–94 in Reading from Right to Left: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honour of David J.A. Clines. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement 373. Edited by J Cheryl Exum and HGM Williamson. London: Sheffield Academic, 2003.
— “Toward Recovering Theological Exegesis.” Ex Auditu 16 (2000): 121–129. |ebsco|
— “Allegory and Typology within Biblical Interpretation.” Paper presented at St Mary’s College, University of St Andrews. St Andrews, 2000.
2000
— “The Almost Forgotten Genesis Commentary of Benno Jacob.” Pages 273–280 in Recht und Ethos im Alten Testament — Gestalt und Wirkung: Festschrift für Horst Seebass zum 65. Geburtstag. Edited by Stefan Beyerle et al. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1999. |ebsco|
— “Hermeneutical Reflections on C. Vitringa, Eighteenth-century Interpreter of Isaiah.” Pages 89–98 in In Search of True Wisdom: Essays in Old Testament Interpretation in Honour of Ronald E Clements. Edited by Edward Ball. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1999.
— “Jesus Christ the Lord and the Scriptures of the Church.” Pages 1–12 in The Rule of Faith: Scripture, Canon, and Creed in a Critical Age. Edited by Ephraim Radner and George Sumner. Harrisburg, Pa.: Morehouse Publishers, 1998.
— “The Nature of the Christian Bible: One Book, Two Testaments.” Pages 115–125 in The Rule of Faith. Edited by E Radner and G Sumner. Harrisburg, Pa.: Morehouse Publishers, 1998.
— “The One Gospel in Four Witnesses.” Pages 51–62 in The Rule of Faith. Edited by E Radner and G Sumner. Harrisburg, Pa.: Morehouse Publishers, 1998.
— “Does the Old Testament Witness to Jesus Christ?” Pages 57–64 in Evangelium, Schriftauslegung, Kirche: Festschrift für Peter Stuhlmacher zum 65. Geburtstag. Edited by Jostein Ådna et al. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1997. |ebsco|
— “The Genre of the Biblical Commentary as Problem and Challenge.” Pages 185–192 in Tehillah le-Moshe. Edited by Mordechai Cogan et al. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1997. |ebsco|
— “Interpreting the Bible Amid Cultural Change.” Theology Today 54 (1997): 200–211.
— “Toward Recovering Theological Exegesis.” Pro Ecclesia 6 (1997): 16–26. |repr.|
— “Retrospective Reading of the Old Testament Prophets.” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft108/3 (1996): 362–377. |doi|
— “Die Beziehung von Altem und Neuem Testament aus kanonischer Sicht.” Pages 29–34 in Eine Bibel — zwei Testamente: Positionen biblischer Theologie. Edited by Christoph Dohmen and Thomas Söding. Translated by U. Dohmen. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 1995.
— “Old Testament Theology.” Pages 293–301 in Old Testament Interpretation: Past, Present and Future: FS Gene M. Tucker. Edited by James L Mays et al. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1995.
— “On Reclaiming the Bible for Christian Theology.” Pages 1–17 in Reclaiming the Bible for the Church. Edited by Carl E Braaten and Robert W Jenson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
— “Biblical Scholarship in the Seventeenth Century: A Study in Ecumenics.” Pages 325–333 in Language, Theology, and the Bible: Essays in Honour of James Barr. Edited by Samuel E Balentine and John Barton. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994. |ebsco|
— “Old Testament in Germany 1920–1940: The Search for a New Paradigm.” Pages 233–246 in Altes Testament, Forschung und Wirkung: Festschrift für Henning Graf Reventlow. Edited by Peter Mommer and Winfried Thiel. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1994. |ebsco|
— “Leander E. Keck: A Tribute.” Pages xix–xxi in The Future of Christology: Essays in Honor of Leander E. Keck. Edited by A Malherbe and W Meeks. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993. |ebsco|
— “Die Bedeutung der hebräischen Bibel für die biblische Theologie.” Theologische Zeitschrift 48/3 (1992): 382–390. |ebsco|
— “Analysis of a Canonical Formula: ‘It Shall be Recorded for a Future Generation.’” Pages 357–364 in Die hebräische Bibel und ihre zweifache Nachgeschichte. Edited by Erhard Blum et al. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1990. |ebsco|
— “Critical Reflections on James Barr’s Understanding of the Literal and the Allegorical.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46 (1990): 3–9. |ebsco|
1990
— “Karl Barth: The Preacher’s Exegete.” Paper presented at The Lyman Beecher Lectureship on Preaching, Yale University. New Haven, 1989.
— “Reflections on the Reissue of William Perkins’ Commentary on Galatians.” Pages xiv–xvi in A Commentary on Galatians, William Perkins. Edited by Gerald T Sheppard. Pilgrim Classic Commentaries. New York: Pilgrim, 1989.
— “The Struggle for God’s Righteousness in the Psalter.” Pages 255–264 in Christ in Our Place. Edited by Trevor Hart and Dan Thimell. Allison Park, Pa.: Pickwick Publications, 1989. |ebsco|
— “Biblische Theologie und christlicher Kanon.” Pages 13–27 in Zum Problem des biblischen Kanons. Edited by Ingo Baldermann et al. JBTh 3. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1988. |ebsco|
— “Die Bedeutung des Jüdischen Kanons in der Alttestamentlichen Theologie.” Pages 269–281 in Mitte der Schrift: ein jüdisch-christliches Gespräch — Texte des Berner Symposions vom 6–12 Januar 1985. Edited by Martin Klopfenstein et al. Translated by Ulrich Luz and Eva Ringler. Judaica et Christiana 11. Frankfurt am Main/New York: Peter Lang, 1987.
— “Death and Dying in Old Testament Theology.” Pages 89–91 in Love and Death in the Ancient Near East. Edited by John H Marks and Robert M Good. Guilford, Conn.: Four Quarters Publishing Company, 1987. |ebsco|
— “Die theologische Bedeutung der Endform eines Textes.” Theologische Quartalschrift 167/4 (1987): 242–251. |ebsco|
— “Gerhard von Rad in American Dress.” Pages 77–86 in The Hermeneutical Quest: Essays in Honor of James Luther Mays on his 65th Birthday. Edited by Donald G Miller. Allison Park, Pa.: Pickwick Publications, 1986. |ebsco|
— “Anticipatory Titles in Hebrew Narrative.” Pages 57–65 in vol. 3 of Isac Leo Seeligmann Volume: Essays on the Bible and the Ancient World. Edited by A Rofé and Y Zalovitch. 3 vols. Jerusalem: E. Rubinstein, 1983.
— “Some Reflections on the Search for a Biblical Theology.” Horizons in Biblical Theology 4/1 (1982): 1–12. |ebsco|
— “Wellhausen in English.” Semeia 25 (1982): 83–88. |ebsco|
— “Differenzen in der Exegese: Biblische Theologie in Amerika.” Evangelische Kommentare 14 (1981): 405–406.
— “On Reading the Elijah Narratives.” Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 34/2 (1980): 128–137. |ebsco|
— “A Response [to James Mays et al.].” Horizons in Biblical Theology 2 (1980): 199–211.
— “Response to Reviewers of Introduction to the OT as Scripture.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament16 (1980): 52–60. |ebsco|
1980
— “Background Material on Exodus.” In “Studies in Exodus and Psalms,” by John A. Bowe. New Ventures in Bible Study 1/2 (Winter 1978–1979): 3–64.
— “The Canonical Shape of the Book of Jonah.” Pages 122–128 in Biblical and Near Eastern Studies: Essays in Honor of William Sanford LaSor. Edited by Gary A Tuttle. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978. |ebsco|
— “The Canonical Shape of the Prophetic Literature.” Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 32/1 (1978): 46–55. Repr. pages 41–49 in Interpreting the Prophets. Edited by James Mays and Paul Achtemeier. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987. Repr. pages 513–522 in “The Place is Too Small for Us”: The Israelite Prophets in Recent Scholarship. Edited by Robert P Gordon. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1995. |ebsco|
— “The Exegetical Significance of the Canon for the Study of the Old Testament.” Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 29 (1978): 66–80. |ebsco|
— “The Sensus Literalis of Scripture: An Ancient and Modern Problem.” Pages 80–93 in Beiträge zur alttestamentlichen Theologie: Festschrift für Walther Zimmerli zum 70. Geburtstag. Edited by Herbert Donner et al. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1977.
— “Symposium on Biblical Criticism” [response to Paul Minear]. Theology Today 33/4 (1977): 358–359.
— “God Leads a People to Freedom: Studies in Exodus.” Enquiry 9/1 (1976): 1–33.
— “Reflections on the Modern Study of the Psalms.” Pages 377–388 in Magnalia Dei: The Mighty Acts of God: Essays on Bible and Archaeology in Memory of G. E. Wright. Edited by Frank Moore Cross et al. New York: Doubleday, 1976. |ebsco|
— “The Search for Biblical Authority Today.” Andover Newton Quarterly 16 (1976): 199–206. |ebsco|
— “The Old Testament as Narrative.” Yale Alumni Magazine 38/4 (January 1975): 30–32.
— “The Etiological Tale Re-examined.” Vetus Testamentum 24/4 (1974): 387–397. |doi|
— “Midrash and the Old Testament.” Pages 45–59 in Understanding the Sacred Text. Edited by John Reumann. Valley Forge, Pa.: Judson Press, 1972.
— “The Old Testament as Scripture of the Church.” Concordia Theological Monthly 43 (1972): 709–722. |ebsco|
— “A Tale of Two Testaments.” Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 26/1 (1972): 20–29. |ebsco|
— “Psalm Titles and Midrashic Exegesis.” Journal of Semitic Studies 16/2 (1971): 137–150.
— “A Traditio-historical Study of the Reed Sea Tradition.” Vetus Testamentum 20/4 (1970): 406–418. |doi|
1970
— “Karl Barth as Interpreter of Scripture.” Pages 30–39 in Karl Barth and the Future of Theology: A Memorial Colloquium Held at Yale Divinity School January 28, 1969. Edited by D L Dickerman. New Haven: Yale Divinity School Association, 1969. |ebsco|
— “Psalm 8 in the Context of the Christian Canon.” Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 23/1 (1969): 20–31. |ebsco|
— “Deuteronomic Formulae of the Exodus Traditions.” Pages 30–39 in Hebräische Wortforschung: Festschrift zum 80. Geburtstag von Walter Baumgartner. Edited by George W Anderson et al. Leiden: Brill, 1967. |ebsco|
— “The Birth of Moses.” Journal of Biblical Literature 84/2 (1965): 109–122.
— “A Survey of Recent Books in Old Testament.” Yale Divinity News 62/3 (1965): 13–14.
— “Interpretation in Faith: The Theological Responsibility of an Old Testament Commentary.” Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 18/4 (1964): 432–449. |ebsco|
— “A Study of the Formula, ‘Until This Day.’” Journal of Biblical Literature 82 (1963): 279–292.
— “Adam,” “Eden, Garden of,” “Eve,” “Orientation,” “Tree of Knowledge, Tree of Life.” In The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by George Arthur Buttrick et al. 4 vols. Nashville: Abingdon, 1962.
1960
— “The Enemy from the North and the Chaos Tradition.” Journal of Biblical Literature 78/3 (1959): 187–198.
— “Jonah: A Study in Old Testament Hermeneutics.” Scottish Journal of Theology 11 (1958): 53–61. |ebsco| |doi|
— “Prophecy and Fulfillment: A Study of Contemporary Hermeneutics.” Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 12/3 (1958): 257–271. |ebsco|
— “A Study of Glory.” Mission House Seminary Bulletin 2 (1955): 34–43.
