The Lightfoot Professor of Divinity is a professorship or chair in the Department of Theology and Religion at
Durham University
Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...
. The chair is named after the former
Bishop of Durham
The bishop of Durham is head of the diocese of Durham in the province of York. The diocese is one of the oldest in England and its bishop is a member of the House of Lords. Paul Butler (bishop), Paul Butler was the most recent bishop of Durham u ...
J. B. Lightfoot. The current holder is
John M. G. Barclay.
Since 1832 the chair in Greek and Classical Literature at the university was also a canon professorship. This canonry was transferred to the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in 1943. The professorship was attached to the canonry until 1985, when the non-Anglican
James Dunn was appointed.
Lightfoot Professor of Divinity
* The Rev Canon Professor
Stanley Lawrence Greenslade
Stanley Lawrence Greenslade (14 May 1905 – 8 December 1977) was an English theologian, ecclesiastical historian and clergyman. He held the Regius Professorship of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford from 1959 to 1972.
Early li ...
(1943–1950)
* The Rev Canon Professor
Hugh Turner (1950–1958)
* The Rev Canon Professor
Christopher Evans (1959–1962)
* The Rev Canon Professor
R. P. C. Hanson (1962–1964)
* The Rev Canon Professor
Douglas Rawlinson Jones, Old Testament (1964–1985)
* Abeyance (1985 - 1990)
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James D. G. Dunn, New Testament (1990–2003)
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John M. G. Barclay, New Testament (2003–2025)
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Grant Macaskill
Grant Macaskill is a Scottish New Testament scholar and Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Aberdeen.
Career
Prior to his theological studies, Macaskill studied General Science at the University of Glasgow.
Macask ...
New Testament (2025 to present)
See also
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Bede Professor of Catholic Theology
The Bede Professor of Catholic Theology is a professorship or chair in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. The chair is named after the Venerable Bede and is the first such post at a secular British University. The chair w ...
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Van Mildert Professor of Divinity
The Van Mildert Professor of Divinity (formerly Professor of Divinity and Ecclesiastical History) is one of the oldest chairs at Durham University. The chair is named in honour of Bishop William Van Mildert, one of the founders of the university. ...
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