James Muilenburg

James Muilenburg (1 June 1896 – 10 May 1974) was a pioneer in the field of rhetorical criticism of the Old Testament.

Muilenburg was born in Orange City, Iowa, and studied at Hope College, the University of Nebraska, and Yale University.[1] He taught at Mt. Holyoke College and the University of Maine before successive appointments as Billings Professor of Old Testament literature and Semitic Languages at the Pacific School of Religion (1936-1945), Davenport Professor of Hebrew and the Cognate Languages at Union Theological Seminary (1945-1963), and Gray Professor of Hebrew Exegesis and Old Testament at San Francisco Theological Seminary (1963-1972).[2]

Muilenburg was also one of the original translators of the Revised Standard Version.[2]

Muilenburg had two Festschriften published in his honor: Israel's Prophetic Heritage : Essays in Honor of James Muilenburg (1962) and Rhetorical Criticism : Essays in Honor of James Muilenburg (1974). Contributors to the former included Walther Eichrodt, G. Ernest Wright, Martin Noth, and H. H. Rowley; while contributors to the latter included Walter Brueggemann, and Norman Gottwald.

References

  1. ↑ "The James Muilenburg Manuscript Collection". Princeton Theological Seminary. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 Jackson, J. J. (1998). "Muilenburg, James". In Donald K. McKim. Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters. InterVarsity Press. p. 599.
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