Back to Reason - Minimalism in Biblical Studies - Niels Peter Lemche
Back to Reason
Back to Reason - Minimalism in Biblical Studies - Niels Peter Lemche
Niels Peter Lemche [+]
University of Copenhagen
Niels Peter Lemche, has been publishing in the field of Old Testament studies for fifty years. He has been both Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, from 1978 to 1986 and Professor of Theology at the University of Copenhagen from 1987 to 2013. He is the founder of the Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, and a member of the board of the Copenhagen International Seminar (Routledge). He has recently edited (in co-operation with Dr. Jim West) Jeremiah in History and Tradition (Routledge, 2019).
Description
Several progresses in Old Testament scholarship are underway. Two factors will be decisive: First of all the discussion will have to concentrate on the date of the historical literature found in the Old Testament. Second, the very character of biblical historiography has still to be duly established. However, bringing reason back to a field dominated by wild speculation and biblical paraphrase may help to further this discussion.