Later Childs

At the memorial session for Brevard Childs hosted by SBL in San Diego last November, Erhard Gerstenberger addressed the problem of continuity and change in Childs’ many works. His conclusion, after revising Childs’ early form-critical studies in light of later developments, was that core threads of continuity run through Childs’ entire career. Gerstenberger’s remarks are significant because they challenge the usual view and because they come from a long-standing friend to Childs as well as sometime critic of the canonical approach.

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