Samuel Davidson Professor of Old Testament Studies

The Samuel Davidson Professorship of Old Testament Studies is a chair in Old Testament studies at King's College, London (formerly of the University of London). It was established in 1925 and is named after the Irish Biblical scholar Samuel Davidson.^[1]

List of Samuel Davidson Professors

• 1926 to 1929: George Herbert Box; first incumbent
• 1930 to 1945: S. H. Hooke
• 1945 to 1947: Alfred Guillaume
• 1948 to 1960: W. D. McHardy
• 1961 to 1982: Peter Ackroyd^[2][3]
• 1983 to 1992: Ronald Clements; first incumbent to be based at King's College London
• 1992 to 1997: vacant
• 1997 to 2001: Michael A. Knibb^[4]
• 2001 to 2012: vacant
• 2012 to present: Paul Joyce^[5]