David Jobling (born 1941) is a Canadian Old Testament scholar. He was professor of Old Testament language and literature at St. Andrew's College, Saskatoon.
Jobling was a "mediating critic" between the schools of structuralism and the New Criticism in biblical studies.[1] He also combined deconstruction with both liberation theology and feminist theology.[2] Norman K. Gottwald notes that Jobling "has been a leader of literary analysis of the Hebrew Bible", and has "made a great impact in his use of ideological criticism and his engagement with feminist criticism."[3]
Jobling wrote two volumes of The Sense of Biblical Narrative: Structural Analyses in the Hebrew Bible (1978 and 1986). He also wrote a commentary on 1 Samuel in the Berit Olam series (1998). He was President of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies in 1992–93.[4]
In 2006, a Festschrift was published in his honor. Voyages in Uncharted Waters: Essays on the Theory and Practice of Biblical Interpretation in Honor of David Jobling included contributions from Norman K. Gottwald, David M. Gunn, and Norman Habel.
References edit
- ^ Gunn, David M. (1999). "Narrative Criticism". To Each Its Own Meaning: An Introduction to Biblical Criticisms and Their Application. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 204. ISBN 9780664257842. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ Beardslee, William A. (1999). "Poststructuralist Criticism". To Each Its Own Meaning: An Introduction to Biblical Criticisms and Their Application. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 265. ISBN 9780664257842. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ Gottwald, Norman K. (2016). Social Justice and the Hebrew Bible, Volume One. Wipf and Stock. p. 122. ISBN 9781498290562. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Executive". Canadian Society of Biblical Studies. Retrieved 27 September 2022.