Christopher Mark Tuckett is a British biblical scholar and Anglican priest. He holds the

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of Professor of

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Studies at the

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and is a Fellow of

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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

Tuckett was ordained a

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in the

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in 1975 and

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a year later. He served for two years as assistant curate at the

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, followed by two years as Chaplain and Bye-Fellow back at Queens'. Here he was awarded his

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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 th ...

relates to the origins of the

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. He was then lecturer in New Testament studies at the

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from 1979 until 1991 and Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis 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

where he was lecturer in New Testament Studies until 2001 before being awarded the

of Professor of New Testament Studies. He taught at Oxford from 1996 to 2013. Tuckett was the President of the

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(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:

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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
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As editor

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Journal articles

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References

External links

Christopher Tuckett's faculty pages
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