Rolf Knierim

Rolf Paul Knierim (8 July 1928 – 29 September 2018)[1] was a German American theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in the research of Old Testament. He was a tenured professor at the Claremont School of Theology and professor of religious studies at Claremont Graduate University.[2]

Knierim was born in Pirmasens, Germany. He studied at the University of Heidelberg under Gerhard von Rad.[3] In 1996, a Festschrift was published in his honor. Problems in Biblical Theology: Essays in Honor of Rolf Knierim ( ISBN 0-8028-3803-0) included contributions from scholars such as Klaus Koch, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Rolf Rendtorff, James A. Sanders, and Claus Westermann.

Knierim and his wife, Hildegard, were killed in a car accident in Arizona on the 29 September 2018.[1]

Bibliography

  • Entwurf eines methodistischen Selbstverständnisses. Methodismus in Dokumenten 9. Zurich: Christliche Vereinsbuchhandlung, 1960.
  • Das Vater-unser. Metanoia. Marburg: Theologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Studentenmission in Deutschland, 1960.
  • Bibelautorität und Bibel Kritik. Zurich: Gotthelf, 1962.
  • Die Botschaft der Bücher Mose und Josua. Frankfurt: Anker, 1962.
  • Die Hauptbegriffe für Sünde im Alten Testament. Gütersloh: Mohn, 1965.
  • Text and Concept in Leviticus 1:1-9: A Case in Exegetical Method. Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Tübingen: Mohr/Siebeck, 1992. Reprint, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2010.
  • The Task of Old Testament Theology: Substance, Method, and Cases. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
  • With George W. Coats. Numbers. The Forms of Old Testament Literature 4. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.

Festschrift

  • Sun, Henry T. C., and Keith L. Eades, eds. Problems in Biblical Theology: Essays in Honor of Rolf Knierim. 1997. Reprint, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011.

References

  1. 1 2 "California couple killed in I-40 crash near Winslow". My Radio Place. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Institute for Antiquity and Christianity". Claremont Graduate University. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Ollenburger, Ben C. (2004). Old Testament Theology: Flowering and Future. Eisenbrauns. p. 268.
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