John Bowden (theologian)
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| Church | Church of England |
| Ordained | 1962 (priest) |
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| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Influences | Christopher Evans |
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| Discipline | Theology |
| School or tradition | Liberal Christianity |
| Institutions | University of Nottingham |
John Stephen Bowden (17 May 1935 – 6 December 2010) was an English
Life
Born on 17 May 1935 in
Bowden was a lecturer in theology at the
He translated a number of theological works, including Martin Noth's Exodus, Aloys Grillmeier's Christ in Christian Tradition, Martin Hengel's Judaism and Hellenism (1975), and Henning Graf Reventlow's The Authority of the Bible and the Rise of the Modern World (1985). Winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize twice, for the Hengel and Graf Reventlow translations, in total Bowden translated more than 200 books and authored a number himself.
Bowden died of prostate cancer on 6 December 2010[2] and was survived by his wife and their three children.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Morgan, Robert (18 January 2011). "The Rev John Bowden Obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ a b "The Rev Dr John Bowden". The Times. London. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ a b Houlden, Leslie (15 December 2010). "Obituary: The Revd Dr John Bowden". Church Times. London. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "The Reverend Dr John Bowden". The Telegraph. London. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
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