John Barton (theologian)

John Barton (theologian)

Reverend Professor John Barton is the Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at Oriel College, Oxford. He delivers the lecture series: Aspects of the Biblical Canon.

Professor Barton is an ordained deacon and priest in the Church of England, is a canon theologian at Winchester Cathedral and a member of the Church of England General Synod where he represents Oxford University clergy. He holds an Honorary Doctorate of Theology from Bonn University. He also has positions as Governor and Chairman of the Board of Studies at Cuddesdon and as General Editor for Oxford University Press, amongst others. His research interests lie in Old Testament Prophets; Biblical Ethics; Canon; Biblical Interpretation; Old Testament Theology.

Publications

* "Reading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical Study" (1984, 2nd ed. 1996, Darton, Longman & Todd, London)
* "The Significance of a Fixed Canon of the Hebrew Bible" (1996, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: The History of its Interpretation, Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, Gottingen & Zurich, Edited by Saebo, M)
* "The Spirit and the Letter: Studies in the Biblical Canon" (1997, SPCK, London)
* "Historical-critical Approaches" (1998, The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation, Cambridge University Press, Edited by Barton, J)
* "What is a Book? Modern Exegesis and the Literary Conventions of Ancient Israel" (1998, Intertextuality in Ugarit and Israel: Papers read at the tenth joint meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and Het Oud Testamentische Wergezelschap in Nederland en Belgie held at Oxford, 1997. Brill, Leiden, Edited by deMoor, J.C.)
* "Joel and Obadiah: A Commentary" (2001, The Old Testament Library, Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky)


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