John Barton#
| Membership Number: | 7008 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 Senior Research Fellow, Campion Hall, Oxford
- 1991 - 2014 - Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford and Professorial Fellow, Oriel College
- 1989 - 1991 Reader in Biblical Studies, University of Oxford, and Official Fellow, St Cross College
- 1974 - 1989 Lecturer in Theology (Old Testament), University of Oxford, and Official Fellow, St Cross College
- 1973 - 1974 Junior Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- History of Biblical interpretation
- Biblical studies
- Ethics and the Bible
- Classical Hebrew
- Hermeneutics
- Historical theology
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Shortlisted for Wolfson History Prize
- 2020 Duff Cooper Prize for non-fiction
- 2007 Fellow of the British Academy
- 2008 Corresponding Fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1998 Dr. theol. h.c., University of Bonn
