Name James Crenshaw | ||
Education Vanderbilt University (1960–1964) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada Books Old Testament Wisdom, Qoheleth: The Ironic Wink, Education in ancient Israel, Defending God, The Psalms: An Introduction | ||
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James L. Crenshaw is the Robert L. Flowers Professor of the Old Testament at Duke University Divinity School. He is one of the world’s leading scholars in Old Testament study. He proposes that much of Proverbs was brought together at a time well after Solomon. He has been described as "a highly respected scholar" and an "excellent teacher".
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Academic career
He was named the Joseph Gregory McCarthy Visiting Professor of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome for academic year 2006-2007. He wrote commentaries on Ecclesiastes, Job, Sirach and Joel and worked with the Anchor Bible project.
He was an editor of SBL Monograph Series, and chaired the section on wisdom literature. He currently edits Personalities of the Old Testament. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he taught at Vanderbilt University Divinity School for 18 years and at Duke University Divinity School for 20 years.