Education
Knierim studied at the University of Heidelberg under Gerhard von Rad.
Knierim studied at the University of Heidelberg under Gerhard von Rad.
He is Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at the Claremont School of Theology and Avery Professor of Religion Emeritus at Claremont Graduate University. In 1996, a Festschrift was published in his honor. Problems in Biblical Theology: Essays in Honor of Rolf Knierim () included contributions from scholars such as Klaus Koch, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Rolf Rendtorff, James A. Sanders, and Claus Westermann.