R. E. Clements
Ronald Ernest Clements was a British Old Testament scholar. Clements was a fellow of Fitzwilliam College and Lecturer in Old Testament Literature and Theology at the University of Cambridge, before becoming Samuel Davidson Professor of Old Testament at King's College London.
Life
Clements was born on 27 May 1929. He was educated at Buckhurst [Hill County High School] in Essex, Spurgeon's Baptist College, Christ's College, Cambridge, and Sheffield University, and was an assistant lecturer and lecturer at the University of Edinburgh before taking up a position as lecturer at Cambridge in 1967.Clements was an evangelical who practiced a "moderate higher criticism", and has been described as "one of the most prolific British writers in the field of Old Testament". He wrote commentaries on Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Isaiah.
Clements died on 2 April 2024, at the age of 94.
Honours
In 1999, a Festschrift was published in his honour. In Search of True Wisdom: Essays in Old Testament Interpretation in Honour of Ronald E. Clements included contributions from John Barton, Walter Brueggemann, Brevard Childs, Rolf Rendtorff, and R. N. Whybray.In 2013, Clements was awarded the Burkitt Medal by the British Academy 'in recognition of special service to Biblical Studies'.