Richard Bauckham

Richard Bauckham FRSE FBA
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Born	(1946-09-22) 22 September 1946 London, England
Title	Retired Professor of New Testament Studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor in the University of St Andrews
Academic background
Alma mater	Clare College, University of Cambridge
Thesis year	1972
Academic work
Institutions	Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Main interests	New Testament Christology and the Gospel of John
Notable works	Jesus and the Eyewitnesses

Richard John Bauckham FRSE FBA (born 22 September 1946) is an English Anglican scholar in theology, historical theology and New Testament studies, specialising in New Testament Christology and the Gospel of John. He is a senior scholar at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.

In 2006, Bauckham published Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, described by several other scholars (e.g. Ben Witherington III, Samuel Byrskog, Judith CS Redman, etc.) as a paradigm shift in Gospels study. In this book, Bauckham argues that the Synoptic Gospels are based "quite closely" on the testimony of eyewitnesses, while the Gospel of John is written by an eyewitness, against the current scholarly consensus that the four reflect the theology of communities in which they arose and are the products of long development. Bauckham updated and expanded the book to respond to critics in a second edition, published in 2017. Additionally, his work, The Theology of the Book of Revelation, is considered one of the best introductions to Revelation available. Bauckham also contributed the commentary on Revelation to the Oxford Bible Commentary (2001) edited by Barton and Muddiman.

Life and career

Bauckham was born in London and studied at the University of Cambridge, where he read history at Clare College (1966–72) and was a fellow of St John's College (1972–75). He taught theology for one year at the University of Leeds and for fifteen years at the University of Manchester (1977–1992), where he was the Lecturer in the History of Christian Thought before moving to St Andrews in 1992. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Bauckham was, until 2007, the Professor of New Testament Studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor in the University of St Andrews. He has since retired in order to concentrate on research and writing, and is a senior scholar at Ridley Hall in Cambridge, and a visiting professor at St Mellitus College in London.

Research and teaching areas

Bauckham has been published in a variety of fields in New Testament studies and early Christianity. He has also published on the theology of the German theologian Jürgen Moltmann. His current research interests include Jesus and the Gospels, New Testament Christology, and the relevance of the Bible to ecological issues.

He gave the Sarum Lectures for 2006 on "Beyond Stewardship: The Bible and the Community of Creation". He also gave a series of the Scottish Journal of Theology Lectures in Aberdeen on "The Gospels as History: Comparisons with Ancient and Modern Historiography".

Honours

• Christianity Today Book Award in Biblical Studies (2007) for Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony.
• Burkitt Medal (2008) in recognition of special service to Biblical Studies.
• Michael Ramsey Prize (2009) for Jesus and the Eyewitnesses : The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony.
• Franz-Delitzsch-Award (2010) for The Jewish World around the New Testament.

External links

• Personal website of Richard Bauckham
• Profile at Ridley Hall, Cambridge
• Richard Bauckham (Theopedia)