Burkitt Medal

{{Short description|Medal awarded by the British Academy}}

The Burkitt Medal is awarded annually by the British Academy "in recognition of special service to Biblical Studies". Awards alternate between Hebrew Bible studies (odd years) and New Testament studies (even years). It was established in 1923 and has been awarded to many notable theologians. It is named in honour of Francis Crawford Burkitt.{{cite web|title=Burkitt Medal (Biblical Studies)|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/medals/Burkitt_Medal.cfm|website=Prizes and Medals|publisher=British Academy|accessdate=9 December 2014}}

List of recipients

The first recipient of the Burkitt medal was R. H. Charles (1925). Below is a full list of recipients:[https://www.britac.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Burkitt%20Medal%20pre%202000.pdf "Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies"], British Academy. Retrieved 13 May 2018.

=1925–1999=

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=2000s=

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YearRecipientArea of study
2000Hans Dieter BetzNew Testament
2001Rudolf SmendHebrew Bible
2002Gerd TheissenNew Testament
2003Bertil AlbrektsonHebrew Bible
2004Morna HookerNew Testament
2005Pierre-Maurice Bogaert OSBHebrew Bible
2006Graham StantonNew Testament
2007Alberto SogginHebrew Bible
2008Richard BauckhamNew Testament
2009Ernest NicholsonHebrew Bible

=2010s=

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YearRecipientArea of studyCitation
2010Ulrich LuzNew Testament
2011Andrew MayesHebrew Bible
2012Christopher TuckettNew Testament
2013R. E. ClementsHebrew Bible
2014N. T. WrightNew Testament
2015David J. A. ClinesHebrew Bible"in recognition of his significant contribution to the study of the Hebrew Bible and Hebrew lexicography"{{cite web|title=Burkitt Medal 2015|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/medals/Burkitt_Medal_2015.cfm|website=British Academy|accessdate=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310014346/http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/medals/Burkitt_Medal_2015.cfm|archive-date=2016-03-10|url-status=dead}}
2016Barbara AlandNew Testament"for her significant contribution to New Testament textual research"{{cite web|title=British Academy announces 2016 prizes and medal winners|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/british-academy-announces-2016-prize-and-medal-winners|website=britac.ac.uk|publisher=British Academy|accessdate=1 October 2016}}
2017Takamitsu MuraokaHebrew Bible"for his outstanding contribution to the study of Hebrew grammar and syntax, and the Septuagint"{{cite web|title=Prize and medal winners 2017|url=https://www.britac.ac.uk/prize-and-medal-winners-2017|website=The British Academy|accessdate=15 October 2017}}
2018Rev. Professor Christopher Charles RowlandNew Testament"for his wide-ranging contribution to New Testament studies."{{cite web|title=Award-winning journalists, prehistorians and world-leading economists honoured with prestigious British Academy prizes and medals|url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/journalists-prehistorians-economists-honoured-british-academy-prizes-medals|website=The British Academy|accessdate=2 October 2018}}
2019Professor John J. CollinsOld Testament

=2020s=

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YearRecipientArea of studyCitation
2020Professor Beverly GaventaNew Testament"for her long and distinguished contribution to New Testament scholarship"{{cite web |title=Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/prizes-medals/burkitt-medal-biblical-studies/ |website=The British Academy |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}
2021Professor Rainer AlbertzHebrew Bible"for enduring contributions to the field"{{cite web |title=Leading slavery scholar wins prestigious British Academy prize for contributions to humanities and social sciences |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/leading-slavery-scholar-wins-prestigious-british-academy-prize-for-contributions-to-humanities-and-social-sciences/ |website=The British Academy |access-date=2 September 2021 |language=en}}
2022

|Emeritus Professor Richard B. Hays

|New Testament

|"for his internationally recognized and influential work on the Gospels, the letters of Paul, and New Testament ethics"{{Cite web |date=2022-09-09 |title=Richard Hays Honored with 2022 Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies {{!}} Duke Divinity School |url=https://divinity.duke.edu/news/richard-hays-honored-2022-burkitt |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=divinity.duke.edu}}

2023

|Professor Sara Japhet

|Hebrew Bible

|"for her pioneering contribution to the study of post-exilic Hebrew literature, particularly the books of Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah"{{Cite web |date=2023-09-05 |title=Scholars across seven countries recognised by the British Academy for outstanding contributions to SHAPE research |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/scholars-across-seven-countries-recognised-by-the-british-academy-for-outstanding-contributions-to-shape-research/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=thebritishacademy.ac.uk}}

2024

|Professor George J. Brooke

|New Testament

|"I am greatly surprised and honoured to be awarded the British Academy’s Burkitt Medal for 2024. It is a great joy to me that those who nominated me and who ratified the nomination have so strongly affirmed that an academic career spent mostly with the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Jewish literature of the Second Temple period is of major significance for the study of the New Testament and related texts. Indeed, here is an indication that the New Testament must itself be considered in many fundamental respects as Jewish literature. I am enormously grateful to the Academy for bestowing this significant, internationally-renowned award on me."{{Cite web |title=Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/prizes-medals/burkitt-medal-biblical-studies/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=The British Academy |language=en}}

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