Philip R. Davies

Philip R. Davies is a present day Professor emeritus of biblical studies at the University of Sheffield, England. In the late 90s, he was the Director for the Centre for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He was also Publisher and Editorial director of Sheffield Academic Press. He is the author of numerous books and articles on ancient Israelite history and religion, including Scribes and Schools (1998) in the Library of Ancient Israel. Davies promotes the theory of cultural memory. He and David Clines are known for editing the Journal for the study of the Old Testament and its Supplement Series.

Notable works

• 1QM: the War Scroll from Qumran: Its Structure and History (Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1977)
• The Damascus Document (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1982) ISBN 0-905774-51-5
• Cities of the Biblical World: Qumran (Cambridge: Lutterworth, 1982)
• Daniel (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1985)
• Scribes and Schools (Westminster John Knox, 1998) ISBN 0-664-22728-7
• In Search Of "Ancient Israel" (London and New York: T. & T. Clark Publishers, Ltd. 1992) ISBN 0-567-08099-4
• The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls, written with George J. Brooke, Phillip R. Callaway (London: Thames & Hudson, June 2002) ISBN 0-500-05111-9
• Whose Bible Is It Anyway? (London and New York: T. & T. Clark Publishers, Ltd. 2004) ISBN 0-567-08073-0

References

• EssaysJR, ed. by M. Daniel Carroll R. (1995). The Bible in human society : essays in honour of John Rogerson. Sheffield: Sheffield Acad. Press. ISBN 9781850755685. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Exum, ed. by J. Cheryl (1998). Biblical studies/cultural studies : The Third Sheffield Colloquium. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 9781850759706. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Hunter&Davies, ed. by Alastair G. Hunter & Phillip R. Davies (2002). Sense and sensitivity : essays on reading the Bible in memory of Robert Carroll. London [u.a.]: Sheffield Acad. Press. ISBN 9780826460493. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• EssaysBA, ed. by Philip R. Davies (2002). First person : essays in biblical autobiography. London [u.a.]: Sheffield Acad. Press. ISBN 9781841272450. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Rogerson, John (2007). The Old Testament world (Repr. ed.). London [u.a.]: T & T Clark. ISBN 9780567084880. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Davies, Philip R. (2008). Memories of ancient Israel : an introduction to biblical history - ancient and modern. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664232887. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Linafelt, edited by Tod (2010). The fate of King David : the past and present of a biblical icon. New York: T & T Clark. ISBN 9780567515469. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

External links

• Are There Ethics in the Hebrew Bible? (2009)
• Whose Bible? Anyone's? (2009)
• Biblical History and Cultural Memory (2009)
• Do We Need Biblical Scholars? (2005)
• Final Comments on Minimalism (2003)
• Minimalism, "Ancient Israel," and Anti-Semitism
• The Origin of Biblical Israel
• Abstract: The Judaism of the Damascus Sect
• Some of the essays from his festschrift have been made available by T & T Clark.