David J. A. Clines Explained

David John Alfred Clines
Birth Date:	21 November 1938
Birth Place:	Sydney, Australia
Nationality:	Australian
Boards:	past President of the Society for Old Testament Study, past President of the Society of Biblical Literature
Known For:	foundation of the Sheffield Academic Press, Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, foundation of Sheffield Phoenix Press
Discipline:	Biblical studies
Education:	University of Sydney, St John’s College, Cambridge
Workplaces:	University of Sheffield
Notable Works:	Job (WBC)

David John Alfred Clines (21 November 1938 – 8 December 2022) was a biblical scholar. He served as professor at the University of Sheffield.

Education

Clines was born in Sydney, Australia, and studied at the University of Sydney and St John’s College, Cambridge.

Career

He served as president of the Society for Old Testament Study, as well as president of the Society of Biblical Literature.^[1] 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.^[2] 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".^[3]

Clines died on 8 December 2022.^{[4] [5]}

Honours

In 2015, Clines was awarded the Burkitt Medal by the British Academy "in recognition of his significant contribution to the study of the Hebrew Bible and Hebrew lexicography".^[6]

Selected works

Books

• Book: Clines . David J. A. . The Theme of the Pentateuch . JSOT Supplements . 10 . Sheffield . JSOT Press . 1978 .
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . The Esther Scroll: the story of the story . Journal for the study of the Old Testament: Supplement series . 30 . Sheffield . JSOT Press . 1984 . 9780567157133 . 276358541 .
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther: based on the Revised Standard Version . New Century Bible Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI & London . Eerdmans & Marshall, Morgan & Scott . 1984 . 9780802800176 . 11113882 .
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Job 1-20. . 17 . Nashville, TN. Thomas Nelson . 1989 . 978-0-8499-0216-1.
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . What Does Eve Do to Help? - and Other Readerly Questions to the Old Testament . JSOT Supplements . 94 . Sheffield . JSOT Press . 1990 .
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, 9 vols . Sheffield . Sheffield Phoenix Press . 1993–2016.
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Interested Parties: The Ideology of Writers and Readers of the Old Testament . JSOT Supplements . 205 . Sheffield . Sheffield Academic Press . 1995 .
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays, 1967–1998 (2 vols.) . JSOT Supplements . 268 . Sheffield . JSOT Press . 1998 . 1-8507-5901-4.
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Job 21-37. . 18a . Nashville, TN. Thomas Nelson . 2006 . 978-0-8499-0217-8.
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . The Concise Dictionary of Classical Hebrew . Sheffield . Sheffield Phoenix Press . 2009 . 978-1-9060-5579-0 .
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Job 38-42. . 18b . Nashville, TN . Thomas Nelson . 2011 . 978-0-7852-5267-2.

sources of bibliography^[7]

Edited by

• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Gunn . D. M. . D. M. Gunn . Hauser . Alan J. . Alan J. Hauser . Art and meaning: rhetoric in Biblical literature . Journal for the study of the Old Testament: Supplement series . 19 . Sheffield . JSOT Press . 1982 . 9780567405241 . 276307111 .
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Sawyer . John F. A. . John F. A. Sawyer . Midian, Moab, and Edom: the history and archaeology of late Bronze and Iron Age Jordan and north-west Arabia . Journal for the study of the Old Testament: Supplement series . 24 . Sheffield . JSOT Press . 1983 . 9780567174451 . 276783694 .
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Fowl . Stephen E. . Stephen E. Fowl . Porter . Stanley E. . Stanley E. Porter . The Bible in Three Dimensions: essays in celebration of forty years of biblical studies in the University of Sheffield . Journal for the study of the Old Testament: Supplement series . 87 . Sheffield . JSOT Press . 1990 . 9780567540379 . 276307035 .

Chapters

• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . The Arguments of Job's Three Friends. Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Gunn . D. M. . D. M. Gunn . Hauser . Alan J. . Alan J. Hauser . Art and meaning: rhetoric in Biblical literature . Journal for the study of the Old Testament: Supplement series . 19 . Sheffield . JSOT Press . 1982 . 9780567405241 . 276307111 . 266– .
• Book: Clines . David J. A. . 3 . The Wisdom Books . Biggar . Stephen . Stephen Biggar . Creating The Old Testament: The Emergence of the Hebrew Bible . Oxford . Basil Blackwell . 1989 . 0631162496 . 384– .
• Book: en . Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Predestination in the Old Testament . Pinnock . Clark H. . Grace for all : the Arminian dynamics of salvation . Eugene, OR . Resource Publications . 2015 .

Journal articles

• Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Regnal Year Reckoning in the Last Year of the Kingdom of Judah . . 2 . 1972 . 9–34 .
• Clines . David J. A. . 3 . The Theology of the Flood Narrative . . 100 . 2 . 1972–1973 . 128–142 .
• Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Evidence for an autumnal new year in pre-exilic Israel reconsidered . . 93 . 1 . March 1974 . 22–40 . 10.2307/3263863 . 3263863.
• Clines . David J. A. . 3 . New Directions in Pooh Studies: Überlieferungs- und religionsgeschichtliche Studien zum Pu-Buch . Theolog Review . 12 . 1976 . 2–10 . Reprinted in On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays, 1967–1998 (Sheffield Academic Press, 1998), Vol. 2, pp. 830–839.
• Clines . David J. A. . 3 . The Significance of the 'Sons of God' (Gen. 6,1-4) in the Context of Primeval History (Gen 1-11) . . 13 . 1979 . 33–46 .
• Clines . David J. A. . 3 . Job 5:1-8: A New Exegesis . . 62 . 1981 . 185–94 .

Festschriften

• Book: Exum . J. Cheryl . J. Cheryl Exum . Williamson . Hugh G. M. . Hugh G. M. Williamson . 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 series . 373 . London & New York . Sheffield Academic Press . 2003 . 9780567459992 . 276841809 .
• Book: Aitken . James K.. Clines . Jeremy M.S. . Maier . Christl M.. Interested Readers: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honor of David J. A. Clines . Atlanta . SBL Press . 2013 . 9781589839243 . 864141377 .

References

Sources

• Book: en . Lightner . Robert Paul . Handbook of Evangelical Theology: A historical, Biblical, and contemporary survey and review . Grand Rapids, MI . Kregel Publications . 1995.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emeritus Professor David J. A. Clines. University of Sheffield. 2 August 2015.
2. Web site: Past Presidents List. Society of Biblical Literature. 25 December 2014.
3. David J. A. Clines, Stephen E. Fowl, and Stanley E. Porter, "Preface," in The Bible in Three Dimensions: Essays in Celebration of Forty Years of Biblical Studies in the University of Sheffield, p. 14.
4. ShefPhoenix . 1600998247535095808 . David J.A. Clines (1938–2022). Sheffield Phoenix . Sheffield Phoenix Press.
5. Web site: A short academic obituary . davidjaclines.org . 16 December 2022 . 26 December 2022.
6. Web site: Burkitt Medal 2015. British Academy. 9 March 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310014346/http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/medals/Burkitt_Medal_2015.cfm. 10 March 2016.
7. Web site: Sheffield Institute page for David Clines. Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies (SIIBS) . 9 November 2015.