Derek Kidner (1913–2008)
Author of Psalms 1-72
About the Author
Works by Derek Kidner
The Wisdom of Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes: An Introduction to Wisdom Literature (1985) 640 copies
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- Canonical name
- Kidner, Derek
- Legal name
- Kidner, Frank Derek
- Other names
- Kidner, Derek
柯德納 - Birthdate
- 1913-09-22
- Date of death
- 2008-11-27
- Burial location
- St Andrews Churchyard, Histon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Place of death
- Impington, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Histon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - Education
- Royal School of Music in London (A.R.C.M.|1933)
Christ's College, Cambridge University (B.A.|1940|M.A.|1944)
Ridley Hall, Cambridge University - Occupations
- minister (Anglican)
tutor
curate
vicar
old testament scholar - Organizations
- Tyndale House, Cambridge (director, 1964-1978)
Oak Hill Theological School (senior tutor, 1951-1964)
St. Nicholas, Sevenoaks (curate, 1941-1947)
Felsted (vicar, 1947-1951)
Church of England (deacon, 1941|priest, 1942
Cambridge University Musical Society
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Proverbs (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner
Commentary, Proverbs
Helpful overview of wisdom literature, including the structure of Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes, the theology of each book and the shape of scholarly debates about the nature of each text.
Tyndale series is a good, if uneven, mid-level, conservative commentary series. Kidner's Psalms commentaries are good. Doesn't untangle thorny text critical issues and he generally takes the conservative stance, but a lot of what he says here has been helpful and has opened up the psalms for me as much as some of my more technical commentaries.
The chequered story of the Kings, a matter of nearly five centuries, had ended disastrously in 587 BC with the sack of Jerusalem, the fall of the monarchy and the removal to Babylonia of all that made Judah politically viable. It was a death to make way for a rebirth.' So begins Derek Kidner's commentary on the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, which chart the Jews' return from exile to Jerusalem and the beginnings of that rebirth. As the drama unfolds, above all and through all we see the good hand of God at work.… (more)
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