Preliminary Inventory of the William D. Davies papers,
1940-1987
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Descriptive Summary
Repository
University Archives, Duke
University
Creator
Davies, W. D. (William David), 1911-2001.
Title
William D. Davies papers, 1940-1987
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
76.5 Linear Feet
76,500 Items
Abstract
William David Davies (1911-2001) served as a Professor at Duke University Divinity School, from 1950 to 1955 and was George Washington Ivey Professor of Advanced Studies and Research in Christian Origins from 1966 to 1981.
The collection features correspondence, course materials, writings, subject files, sermon notes, and research notes of William D. Davies. Major research subjects include the New Testament, Christian theology, Judaism, and the issue of territorial imperative with regard to land.
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
In accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended, Duke University permits students to inspect their education records and limits the disclosure of personally identifiable information from education records.
Portions of these materials are restricted by donor request.
Unprocessed materials are closed pending processing.
In off-site storage; 24 hours advance notice is required for use.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William D. Davies papers, University Archives, Duke University.
Provenance
The William D. Davies papers were received by the University Archives as a
transfer in 1984-2001.
Processing Information
Processed by Emily Glenn, October 2002
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, June 2007
Accessions A84-35, A89-70, A90-102, A92-94, A2001-21 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
William David Davies was born in Wales, United Kingdom, and educated at the
University of Wales (B.A. 1934, B.D. 1938) and Cambridge University (B.A. 1940, M.A. 1942). Davies received his doctorate (D.D. operis causa 1948) from the University of Wales.
In 1941 Davies was ordained into the Congregational Church at Fowlmere, England. He taught at Yorkshire United College, Bradford, from 1946 to 1950 before moving to Duke for five years as a professor of Biblical theology (1950 to 1955). From 1955 through 1959 he was professor of religion at Princeton University, leaving to become Edward Robinson Professor of Biblical Theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York, as well as adjunct professor at Columbia University. He rejoined the Duke faculty in 1966 as George Washington Ivey Professor of Advanced Studies and Research in Christian Origins. He stayed until his retirement in 1981. He then became the Bradford Professor at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas and in 1986-87 he was a Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK. He also taught at the University of California at Berkeley and at the University of Strasboroug, France.
Davies held numerous fellowships and received several awards and honors. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, (from which he also received the Burkitt Medal in Biblical Studies), an Honorary Fellow of Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam College, a Fellow of the Bellagio Center, Italy, and Fellow of the American Academy of Jewish Research. He was a recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships and received honorary doctoral degrees from the University of St. Andrews, the Pacific School of Religion, Uppsala University and the University of Wales. Davies also served as honorary president of the Society for Biblical Literature and President of the Society of New Testament Studies (1976). He was a member of the executive committee of the World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem (1965).
Some of his published works include Paul and Rabbinic Judaism (1948), The Setting of the Sermon on the Mount (1966), and The Gospel and the Land: Early Christianity and Jewish Territorial Doctrine (1974). His popular Invitation to the New Testament (1966) was a Religion section of Book of the Month Club. He was also co-editor of the Cambridge History of Judaism and along with a former student published an International Critical Commentary on Matthew (3 vols).
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Collection Overview
Correspondence, manuscript materials, article reprints, student papers, lecture notes, course reading materials, sermon notes, student notebooks relating to courses taken at the University of Wales Memorial College in Brecon, general research subject files, research notes relating to teaching at Duke University, Columbia University, Princeton, and Texas Christian College.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Bible. N.T.--Introductions.
- Bible. N.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible--Theology--History of doctrines.
- Bible--Theology--Study and teaching
- Church--Sermons.
- Congregational Church in England and Wales--Clergy.
- Davies, W. D. (William David), 1911-2001
- Duke University--Divinity School.
- Duke University--Faculty.
- Education (Christian theology).
- Judaism--History--Post-exile period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
- Palestine in the Bible.
- Palestine in Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600 A.D.
- Palestine in Judaism.
- Religion--Study and teaching.
- Sermon on the Mount--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Related Material
Divinity School records, 1925-2005.
University Archives. Duke University.
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Detailed Description of Collection
Container List,
51 Boxes
Box 1
The Gospel and the Land-drafts, notes
Box 2
Jerusalem and the Land in the Christian tradition-drafts, notes
The Jewish State in the Hellenistic World
The Territorial Dimension of Judaism
Box 3
Cambridge History of Judaism
Miscellaneous Course materials, 1967
Box 4
General research: Judeo-Christian relations
Miscellaneous sermon and lecture notes
Box 5
Lecture notes
Student papers
Pantyfedwen Lecture (Wales)
Paul and the Law
Box 6
The New Creation (sermon collection)
Miscellaneous papers
Miscellaneous lecture notes
Box 7
Cambridge History of Judaism (CHJ)
Box 8
Personal and professional correspondence, arranged by date
Box 9
Sermons preached in Fowlmere, England, 1941-1946
Kearns Lecture, Duke University
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1967-1968
Box 10
Cambridge History of Judaism, volume 1
Miscellaneous research articles in Italian
Box 11
General correspondence, 1973-1978 (A89-70)
Box 12
General correspondence, 1978-1981
Box 13
People/project files (A-G)
Vita
Box 14
People/project files (H-P)
Box 15
People/project files (Q-Z)
Box 16
Cambridge History of Judaism correspondence, 1971-1980
Box 17
Cambridge History of Judaism, general manuscript material, 1980-1986
Box 18
Cambridge History of Judaism, general manuscript material, 1981-1988
Box 19
Cambridge History of Judaism, general manuscript material, volumes I-II
Box 20
Cambridge History of Judaism, general manuscript material, volumes III-IV
Box 21
Aboth
Territory
Holy Land Colloquium, 1975
Miscellaneous research papers (authored by colleagues)
Box 22
Daube writings
Miscellaneous correspondence
NEH Seminar information and applications, 1982
Box 23
Miscellaneous research papers (authored by colleagues)
Student papers, ca 1960-1986
Box 24
General research subject files (bulk 1973-1974)
University Research Council
Travel expenses
Grants, 1981-1982
Box 25
Course outlines
General research subject files, bulk 1973-1974
Box 26
Personal files ("from desk")
General research subject files
Box 27
Cambridge History of Judaism, general manuscript material, ca 1967
Sermon notes
Miscellaneous articles
Box 28
Lecture notes
Sermon notes
Reprints
Box 29
Paul, Pauline doctrine
Mormonism
Lecture notes
Miscellaneous writings
Box 30
Miscellaneous research papers (authored by colleagues): A-B
Box 31
Miscellaneous research papers (authored by colleagues): C-Di
Box 32
Miscellaneous research papers (authored by colleagues): Do-G
Box 33
Miscellaneous research papers (authored by colleagues): H-K
Box 34
Miscellaneous research papers (authored by colleagues): L-M
Box 35
Miscellaneous research papers (authored by colleagues): Sch-St
Box 36
Miscellaneous research papers (authored by colleagues): St-W
Box 37
Miscellaneous reprints
Box 38
Course teaching notes
Introduction to Theory
Box 39
Cambridge History of Judaism, volumes II-IV
International Critical Commentary, volume II
Box 40
International Critical Commentary, volumes I-II
Box 41
Book reviews of works by Davies
Details of appointments at Duke, Berkeley, and Princeton
Conference and lecture notes
Box 42
Commentary on Matthew
Japan correspondence
Miscellaneous writings
Box 43
International Critical Commentary, galley proofs
Box 44
Student notebooks (at Brecon), ca 1930
Box 45
Student notebooks (at Brecon), ca 1930
Box 46
Correspondence P-Sch
Box 47
Correpsondence N-O
Box 48
Torah Min Hashamayim
Society of Biblical Literature certificate, 1976
Miscellaneous correspondence (mostly 1996-1997)
Draft of Reflections on Aspects of the Jewish Background of the Gospel of John
Box 49
Miscellaneous writings and correspondence (mostly 1996-1997)
Article reprints
Sermon at Princeton University, 1985
Bibliography
Mystical Antisemitism
Reviews of Cambridge History of Judaism
Box 50
The Shroud of Turin (by colleagues)
Miscellaneous reprints
Correspondence (mostly 1992-1993)
Reflections of Judaism
Contemporary Quest for the Historical Jesus
Framed photographs
Reprints, 1995
Box 51
Compositional History of Q, draft
Paul and the New Exodus
Reflections on Aspects of the Jewish Background of the Gospel of John
Then and There
The Jewish Sources of Matthew's Messianism
The Intertextual Jesus: Scripture in Q
