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John Barton (1)

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John Barton is Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford. — biography from The Nature of Biblical Criticism
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A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths 368 copies, 11 reviews
Reading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical Study 354 copies, 3 reviews
The Oxford Bible Commentary 353 copies, 4 reviews
The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation 255 copies
People of the Book?: The Authority of the Bible in Christianity 98 copies
How the Bible Came to Be 85 copies, 1 review
The Original Story: God, Israel, and the World 78 copies
Biblical Interpretation 77 copies
Joel and Obadiah: A Commentary (Old Testament Library) 63 copies
Holy Writings, Sacred Text: The Canon of Early Christianity 60 copies
The Nature of Biblical Criticism 56 copies
Ethics and the Old Testament 53 copies, 1 review
Isaiah 1-39 (T & T Clark Study Guides) 49 copies
Oracles of God: Perceptions of Ancient Prophecy in Israel after the Exile 37 copies, 1 review
Understanding Old Testament Ethics: Approaches and Explorations 36 copies, 1 review
Religious Diversity in Ancient Israel and Judah (Editor) 32 copies
What is the Bible? 32 copies
The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Companion 31 copies
The Pentateuch 28 copies
The Bible: The Basics 27 copies
Love Unknown: Meditations on the Death and Resurrection of Jesus 26 copies
The Word: On the Translation of the Bible 26 copies, 1 review
Ethics in Ancient Israel 21 copies, 2 reviews
The Theology of the Book of Amos (Old Testament Theology) 19 copies
The Pauline Epistles 17 copies
Revelation and Story: Narrative Theology and the Centrality of Story 14 copies
The Spirit and the Letter: Studies in the Biblical Canon 12 copies
The Biblical World 10 copies
The Old Testament : canon, literature and theology : collected essays of… 10 copies
Amos's Oracles Against the Nations (Society for Old Testament Study… 9 copies
The Biblical World, Volume 1 9 copies
Biblical Interpretation and Method: Essays in Honour of John Barton (Honoree) 7 copies
Living Belief: Being Christian - Being Human 7 copies
After the Exile: Essays in Honour of Rex Mason (Editor; Contributor) 7 copies
The Biblical World, Volume 2 6 copies
The New Testament and the Church (The Library of New Testament Studies) 4 copies
Prophets, worship, and theodicy : studies in prophetism, biblical… 4 copies
Language, theology, and the Bible : essays in honour of James Barr 4 copies
The Oxford Bible Commentary Version 1.0 on CD-ROM: Single-User Version 3 copies
Making the Christian Bible 3 copies
Reading and Interpreting the Bible 2 copies
The Future of Old Testament Study: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before… 2 copies
Canonical Approaches Ancient and Modern 2 copies
Jesaja - Prophet in Jerusalem : eine einführung zu themen in Jesaja 1-39 2 copies
Marcion Revisited 2 copies
Die Einheit der Schrift und die Vielfalt des Kanons = The unity of… 2 copies
'It's a girl!' in NYRB, 22 Nov 1990 [review of Bloom & Rosenberg's 'Book… 1 copy
'An indigenous people' in TLS 5276, 14 May 2004 [review of Dever's 'Who… 1 copy
'Going by the Book' in TLS 5170, 3 May 2002 [review of Gottwald's… 1 copy
Apocalyptic in History and Tradition 1 copy
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1948-06-17
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London, England, UK
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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University of Oxford (Keble College ∙ BA ∙ 1973)
University of Oxford (Keble College | MA | 1973)
University of Oxford (Merton College ∙ DPhil ∙ 1974)
University of Oxford (St. Cross College ∙ DLitt ∙ 1988)
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Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture
priest, Church of England
Canon theologian
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General Synod, Church of England
Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences
Society for Old Testament Study
University of Oxford
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