Barnabas Lindars

Barnabas Lindars
The Reverend; Barnabas Lindars; SSF
Born	Frederick Chevallier Lindars; 11 June 1923
Died	21 October 1991 (aged 68)
Nationality	English
	Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Anglican)
Church	Church of England
Ordained	1949 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	Biblical studies
Sub-discipline	New Testament studies
Institutions	Jesus College, Cambridge; University of Manchester;
Doctoral students	D. A. Carson
Influenced	Mehmet Paçacı

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.

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

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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