The Sheffield school is an approach in biblical studies that engages in literary readings of the final form of the biblical text.[1]
History
Tremper Longman coined the term "Sheffield school" in 1987,[2] referencing the University of Sheffield, where David J. A. Clines (associated with the University of Sheffield from 1964[3]) and David M. Gunn pioneered the approach.
The approach is also associated with the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament.[2][4]
The Sheffield school is known for its use of formalism.[4]
↑David J. A. Clines, Stephen E. Fowl, and Stanley E. Porter, "Preface," in The Bible in Three Dimensions: Essays in Celebration of Forty Years of Biblical Studies in the University of Sheffield, p. 14.