George Kilpatrick
George Kilpatrick | |
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Born | 15 September 1910 |
Position held | Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture (University of Oxford, 1949–1977) |
George Dunbar Kilpatrick (15 September 1910 – 14 January 1989) was an Anglican priest and theologian. He was Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1949 to 1977.
Life
Kilpatrick was born in Coal Creek, British Columbia, Canada.[1]
Education
He studied at
Academic work
He was ordained deacon in 1936 and priest in 1937, serving as a curate in Horsell, Surrey, and in Selly Oak, Birmingham.[2]
After tutoring at
He has been described as "one of the outstanding textual critics of the twentieth century".[3] His publications included The Origins of the Gospel according to St Matthew (1946), The Trial of Jesus (1953) and The Eucharist in Bible and Liturgy (1984), as well as various articles in journals and periodicals. He died on 14 January 1989.[2]
References
- ^ Elliott 1976, pp. 1.
- ^ Who Was Who 1920–2008. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- S2CID 162612029.
Sources
- Elliott, James Keith (1 June 1976). "George Dunbar Kilpatrick". Studies in New Testament Language and Text. Essays in Honour of George D. Kilpatrick on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday. Novum Testamentum, Supplements. Vol. 44. pp. 1–3. ISBN 978-90-04-04386-2.