Background
Crenshaw, James Lee was born on December 19, 1934 in Sunset, South Carolina, United States. Son of B. D. and Bessie (Aiken) Crenshaw.
Crenshaw, James Lee was born on December 19, 1934 in Sunset, South Carolina, United States. Son of B. D. and Bessie (Aiken) Crenshaw.
Associate of Arts, North Greenville College, 1954. Bachelor, Furman University, 1956. Doctor of Divinity, Furman University, 1993.
Bachelor's Degree, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1964.
He is one of the world’s leading scholars in Old Testament study. He proposes that much of Proverbs was brought together at a time well after Solomon. He has been described as "a highly respected scholar" and an "excellent teacher".
He was named the Joseph Gregory McCarthy Visiting Professor of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome for academic year 2006-2007.
He wrote commentaries on Ecclesiastes, Job, Sirach and Joel and worked with the Anchor Bible project He was an editor of SBL Monograph Series, and chaired the section on wisdom literature.
He currently edits Personalities of the Old Testament.
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Member Society Biblical Literature (editor 1978-1984), Catholic Biblical Association (editor since 1991), Society Values in Higher Education, Colloquium Biblical Research, International Organisation Study of Old Testament, The Society for Old Testament Study, Phi BetaKappa.
Married Juanita Rhodes, June 10, 1956. Children: James Timothy, David Lee.