British Baptist Biblical Scholars (2) Ronald E. Clements

1929-

BD (London, 1954)
BA (Cambridge, 1956)
PhD (Sheffield, 1961, supervised by F. F. Bruce) - 'The Divine Dwelling Place in the Old Testament'
DD (Cambridge, 1979)

1960-1967 Assistant Lecturer in Old Testament Language, Literature and Theology, University of Edinburgh
1967-1984 Lecturer in Old Testament, University of Cambridge
1984-1992 Samuel Davidson Professor of Old Testament, King's College London

Foreign Secretary of the Society of Old Testament (1973-83)
President, Society of Old Testament (1985)
Festschrift — In Search of True Wisdom: Essays in Old Testament Interpretation in Honour of Ronald E. Clements edited by Edward Ball (Sheffield, 1999)
Burkitt Medal, British Academy (2013)

 

Publications

God and temple (Basil Blackwell, 1965)

Prophecy and covenant (SCM, 1965)

'The Relation of Children to the People of God in the Old Testament', Baptist Quarterly 21.5 (January 1967)

Abraham and David: Genesis XV and its meaning for Israelite tradition (SCM, 1967)

The Conscience of the Nation: A study of early Israelite prophecy (Oxford, 1967)

God's Chosen People: A Theological Interpretation of the Book of Deuteronomy (SCM, 1968)

'The Spirit of God in the Old Testament', Fraternal 161 (July 1971): 4-9.

Exodus (Cambridge, 1972)

Prophecy and Tradition (Blackwell, 1975)

'Covenant and Canon in the Old Testament' in Creation, Christ, and Culture: Studies in Honour of T. F. Torrance edited by R .W. A. McKinney (T & T Clark, 1976)

A Century of Old Testament study (Lutterworth, 1976, rev ed. 1983)

'Patterns in the Prophetic Canon' in Canon and Authority: Essays in Old Testament Religion and Theology edited by George W. Coats and Burke O. Long (Fortress, 1977)

Old Testament Theology: A Fresh Approach (Marshall Morgan & Scott, 1978)

Isaiah and the Deliverance of Jerusalem: A study of the interpretation of prophecy in the Old Testament (JSOT, 1980)

Isaiah 1-39 (Marshall Morgan & Scott, 1980)

'"A Remnant Chosen by Grace" (Romans 11.5): The Old Testament Background and Origin of the Remnant Concept', in Pauline Studies: Essays Presented to Professor F. F. Bruce on His 70th Birthday edited by Donald A. Hagner and Murray J. Harris (Paternoster, 1980)

'The Unity of the Book of Isaiah', Interpretation 36 (1982)

'The Ezekiel Tradition: Prophecy in a Time of Crisis' in Israel's Prophetic Tradition: Essays in Honour of P. R. Ackroyd edited by R. J. Coggins et al (Cambridge, 1982)

In Spirit and Truth: Insights from Biblical Prayers (John Knox Press, 1985)

'Isaiah 45.20-25: The Goal of Faith', Interpretation 40 (1986)

Jeremiah (Interpretation; John Knox Press, 1988)

'Patterns in the Prophetic Canon: Healing the Blind and the Lame' in Canon, Theology and Old Testament Interpretation edited by G. M. Tucker et al (Fortress, 1988)

'Solomon and the Origins of Wisdom in Israel' in Perspectives on the Hebrew Bible: Essays in Honor of Walter J. Harrelson edited by James L. Crenshaw (ed.), (Mercer, 1988)

'The Interpretation of Prophecy and the Origins of Apocalyptic' in Bible, Church, and World: Essays in Honour of D. S. Russell (Baptist Historical Society, 1989)

Deuteronomy (JSOT, 1989)

Wisdom for a Changing World: Wisdom in Old Testament Theology (1990)

(ed.), The World of Ancient Israel: Sociological, Anthropological and Political Perspectives (Cambridge, 1989)

'Amos and the Politics of Israel' in Storia e Tradixioni di Israele: Scritti in Onore di J. Alberto Soggin edited by D. Garrone and F. Israel (Paideia Editrice, 1991)

Wisdom in Theology The 1989 Didsbury Lectures (Paternoster, 1992)

'Old Testament Study Today: Some Current Concerns', Baptist Ministers' Journal 240 (Oct. 1992): 11-13

'Jeremiah 1-25 and the Deuteronomistic History' in Understanding Poets and Prophets: Essays in Honour of George Wishart Anderson edited by A. Graeme Auld (Sheffield, 1993)

'The Good Neighbour in the Book of Proverbs' in Of Prophets' Visions and the Wisdom of Sages: Essays in Honour of R. Norman Whybray edited by Heather A. McKay and David J. Clines (Sheffield, 1993)

'Wisdom, Virtue and the Human Condition' in The Bible in Human Society: Essays in Honour of John Rogerson edited by M. Daniel Carroll (Sheffield, 1995)

Old Testament Prophecy: From Oracles to Canon (Westminster John Knox Press, 1996)

Ezekiel (Westminster John Knox Press, 1996)

'The Deuteronomic Law of Centralisation and the Catastrophe of 587 B.C.' in After the Exile: Essays in Honour of Rex Mason edited by John Barton and David James Reimer (Mercer, 1996)

'"Arise, Shine; For Your Light Has Come": A Basic Theme of the Isaianic Tradition' in Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah, Volume 1 edited by Craig G. Broyles and Craig A. Evans (Brill, 1997)

'Deuteronomy' in New Interpreter's Bible Vol II (Abingdon, 1998)

'"Who is Blind But My Servant?" (Isaiah 42.19): How Then Shall We Read Isaiah?' in God in the Fray: A Tribute to Walter Brueggemann edited by Tod Linafelt and Timothy Kandler Beal (Fortress, 1998)

'The Biblical Scholarship of H.H. Rowley (1890–1969)', Baptist Quarterly 38.2 (1999): 70-82

'The Sources of Wisdom' in Warren S. Brown (ed.), Understanding Wisdom: Sources, Science and Society (Templeton Foundation, 2000)

The Book of Deuteronomy: A Preacher's Commentary (Epworth, 2001)

'Isaiah: A Book without an Ending', Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 97 (2002)

'Proverbs' in Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible edited by James D. G. Dunn and John William Rogerson (Eerdmans, 2003)

'The Davidic Covenant in the Isaiah Tradition' in Covenant as Context: Essays in Honour E. W. Nicholson edited A. D. H. Mayes and R. B. Salters (Oxford, 2003)

'The Former Prophets and Deuteronomy - A Re-Examination' in God's Word for Our World: Biblical Studies in Honor of Simon John De Vries edited by J. Harold Ellens et al (T & T Clark, 2004)

'A Fruitful Venture: The Origin of Hebrew Studies at King’s College London' in Biblical Traditions in Transmission: Essays in Honour of Michael A. Knibb edited by Charlotte Hempel and S. N. C. Lieu (Brill, 2006)

'Prophecy Interpreted: Intertextuality and Theodicy — A case study in Jeremiah 26.16-24' in Uprooting and Planting: Essays on Jeremiah for Leslie Allen edited by John Goldingay (T & T Clark, 2007)

'A Royal Privilege: Dining in the Presence of the Great King (2 Kings 25.27-30) in Reflection and Refraction: Studies in Biblical Historiography in Honour of A. Graeme Auld edited by Robert Rezetko et al (Brill, 2007)

'Monotheism and the God of Many Names' in The God of Israel edited by Robert P. Gordon (Cambridge, 2007)

'The Enduring Value of the Old Testament — An Interesting Quest', Biblical Interpretation 16.1 (2008)

'Prophecy, Ethics and the Divine Anger' in Ethical and the Unethical in the Old Testament: God and Humans in Dialogue edited by Katherine Dell (T & T Clark, 2010)

'Psalms, Biblical Theology, and the Christian Church' in Studies on the Text and Versions of the Hebrew Bible in Honour of Robert Gordon edited by Geoffrey Kahn and Diane Lipton (Brill, 2012)

'Reminiscences of a BD Finalist — London 1954', Baptist Quarterly 45.5 (2014)

'The Origins of the Society for Old Testament Study: Cultural, Political and Religious Antecedents' in SOTS 100: Centennial Essays of the Society for Old Testament Study edited by John Jarick (T & T Clark, 2017)