Christopher M. Tuckett is a British biblical scholar and Anglican priest. He holds the Title of Distinction of Professor of

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Studies at the

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and is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.

Early life

Tuckett finished the

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(with first class honours in both parts 1 and 2) at

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, and then took first class honours in both parts of the Cambridge Theology Tripos.

Career

Religious life

Tuckett was ordained a

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in the

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in 1975 and

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in partic ...

a year later. He served for two years as assistant curate at the Priory Church in Lancaster, followed by two years as Chaplain and Bye-Fellow back at Queens'. Here he was awarded his

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

for his dissertation "The Revival of the Griesbach Hypothesis: Analysis and Appraisal". The

Griesbach hypothesis The two-gospel hypothesis or Griesbach hypothesis is that the Gospel of Matthew was written before the Gospel of Luke, and that both were written earlier than the Gospel of Mark. It is a proposed solution to the synoptic problem, which concerns t ...

relates to the origins of the synoptic gospels.

Academic career

He was then lecturer in New Testament studies at the

Victoria University of Manchester The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1851 as Owens College. In 1880, the college joined the federal Victoria University. Afte ...

from 1979 until 1991 and

Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis The Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis is a professorship or chair in the Department of Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester, England. Formerly in the Faculty of Theology, the chair resides now in the School of A ...

until 1996. At Manchester, Tuckett served as Dean of the Faculty and Head of the newly formed Department of Religions and Theology. From Manchester, he moved to the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

where he was lecturer in New Testament Studies until 2001 before being awarded the Title of Distinction of Professor of New Testament Studies. Tuckett was the President of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS), from 2013 to 2014.

Honours

* 2011: ''New Studies in the Synoptic Problem, Oxford Conference, April 2008: Essays in Honour of Christopher M. Tuckett''. Leuven: Peeters * 2012:

Burkitt Medal The Burkitt Medal is awarded annually by the British Academy "in recognition of special service to Biblical Studies". Awards alternate between Hebrew Bible studies (odd years) and New Testament studies (even years). It was established in 1923 and h ...

by the

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'in recognition of special service to Biblical Studies'.

Works

Books

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Chapters

*''Mark'' in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001)
The Oxford Bible Commentary

As editor

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Journal articles

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References

External links

Christopher Tuckett's faculty pages
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