Barnabas Lindars

Barnabas Lindars SSF (born Frederick Chevallier Lindars; 1923–1991) was an English New Testament scholar. Born 11 June 1923, Lindars was educated at Altrincham Grammar School and then studied at St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1949.[1] After teaching at the University of Cambridge (where he was Dean of Jesus College), Lindars served as Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester from 1978 to 1990.


Barnabas Lindars

Born
Frederick Chevallier Lindars

(1923-06-11)11 June 1923
Died21 October 1991(1991-10-21) (aged 68)
NationalityEnglish
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained1949 (priest)
Academic background
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineBiblical studies
Sub-disciplineNew Testament studies
Institutions
Doctoral studentsD. A. Carson
InfluencedMehmet Paçacı

In 1988, It Is Written: Scripture Citing Scripture: Essays in Honour of Barnabas Lindars, SSF was published. It included contributions from C. K. Barrett, Richard Bauckham, G. K. Beale, D. A. Carson, R. E. Clements, and Morna D. Hooker. Lindars died on 21 October 1991.

References

  1. Lindars, Barnabas (1988). "Biographical Note". It Is Written: Scripture Citing Scripture: Essays in Honour of Barnabas Lindars, SSF. p. xiii. ISBN 9780521323475. Retrieved 7 February 2016.


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