Barnabas Lindars (born Frederick Chevallier Lindars; 11 June 1923 – 21 October 1991) was an English

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scholar. Lindars was educated at Altrincham Grammar School and then studied at

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. He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1949. After teaching at the

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(where he was Dean of Jesus College), Lindars served as Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the

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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.

Selected works

* ''Judges 1-5 : a new translation and commentary'' (contribution), ed. by A.D.H. Mayes. Edinburgh : T&T Clark, 1995 * ''The History of Christian Theology : Volume 2 : The Study and Use of the Bible'', ed. by Paul Avis ; John Rogerson, Grand Rapids : William B. Eerdmans, 1988 * ''The Gospel of John'' New Century Bible Commentary. London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974. ISBN 0-8028-1864-1 * Peter R. Ackroyd and Barnabas Lindars (Ed.), ''Words dans Meanings / Essays presented to David Winton Thomas on his retirement frome the Regius Professorship of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge, 1968''. Cambridge University Press, 1968 * ''New Testament Apologetic: The Doctrinal Significance of the Old Testament Quotations''. London : SCM Press Ltd, 1961

References

1923 births 1991 deaths 20th-century English Anglican priests Academics of the Victoria University of Manchester Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Anglican biblical scholars English biblical scholars Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge New Testament scholars People educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Presidents of the Society for Old Testament Study {{England-reli-bio-stub