Richard J. Bauckham (GBR)

Richard J. Bauckham, FBA, FRSE (born 22 September 1946) is an English scholar in theology, historical theology and New Testament studies, specialising in New Testament Christology and the Gospel of John. He is a senior scholar at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.

Bauckham was born in London and studied at the University of Cambridge, where he read history at Clare College (1966–72) and was a fellow of St John's College (1972–75). He taught theology for one year at the University of Leeds and for fifteen years at theUniversity of Manchester (1977–1992), where he was the Lecturer in the History of Christian Thought before moving to St Andrews in 1992. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Bauckham was, until 2007, the Professor of New Testament Studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor in the University of St Andrews. He has since retired in order to concentrate on research and writing, and is a senior scholar at Ridley Hall in Cambridge, and a visiting professor at St Mellitus College in London.

Bauckham has been published in a variety of fields in New Testament studies and early Christianity. He has also published on the theology of the German theologian Jürgen Moltmann, writing two introductions to his thought. His current research interests include Jesus and the Gospels, New Testament Christology, and the relevance of the Bible to ecological issues. He gave the Sarum Lectures for 2006 on "Beyond Stewardship: The Bible and the Community of Creation" and is preparing these for publication. He also gave a series of the Scottish Journal of Theology Lectures in Aberdeen on "The Gospels as History: Comparisons with Ancient and Modern Historiography" and these are also expected to become a book.

Books: 

Bauckham, Richard (1983). 2 Peter, Jude. Word Biblical Commentary, Thomas Nelson.
Bauckham, Richard (1993). The Theology of the Book of Revelation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-35691-6
Bauckham, Richard (1995). The Theology of Jürgen Moltmann, T&T Clark.
Bauckham, Richard (1999). James : Wisdom of James, Disciple of Jesus the Sage, New Testament Readings.
Bauckham, Richard (2003). Bible and Mission : Christian Mission in a Postmodern World.
Bauckham, Richard (2006). Jesus and the Eyewitnesses : The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony.
Bauckham, Richard (2007). The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple : Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John.
Bauckham, Richard (2008). Jesus and the God of Israel : God Crucified and Other Studies on the New Testament's Christology of Divine Identity. ISBN 978-0-8028-4559-7
Bauckham, Richard (2011). Jesus: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-957527-4.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bauckham