C. K. Barrett
{{short description|British biblical scholar and Methodist minister (1917–2011)}}
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| birth_name = Charles Kingsley Barrett
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| alma_mater = Pembroke College, Cambridge
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Charles Kingsley Barrett {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA}} (4 May 1917 – 26 August 2011){{cite news|title=The Reverend CK Barrett|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/8745353/The-Reverend-CK-Barrett.html|access-date=30 September 2013|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=6 September 2011}} was a British biblical scholar and Methodist minister. He served as Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham and wrote commentaries on the Acts of the Apostles, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians.
Early life and education
Barrett was born in Salford, and studied at Shebbear College, Devon, Pembroke College, Cambridge, and Wesley House in Cambridge.
Career
Barrett was ordained to the ministry in the Methodist Church, and appointed lecturer in divinity at the University of Durham in 1945, where he was elected professor in 1958. He also preached on a regular basis in the Darlington circuit of the Methodist Church and more widely.[http://www.methodist.org.uk/news-and-events/news-archive-2011/remembering-c-k-barrett Remembering C K Barrett28 August 2011, accessed 6 March 2016]
Barrett has been described as standing alongside C. H. Dodd as "the greatest British New Testament scholar of the 20th century" and "the greatest UK commentator on New Testament writings since J. B. Lightfoot".Professor J D G Dunn, quoted in [http://www.methodist.org.uk/news-and-events/news-archive-2011/remembering-c-k-barrett Remembering C K Barrett]. Retrieved 6 March 2016
Honours
Barrett was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1961, and was awarded its Burkitt Medal in 1966.{{cite news|last=Morgan|first=Robert|title=The Rev CK Barrett obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/04/ck-barrett-obituary|access-date=30 September 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=5 October 2011}} He served as president of the Society for New Testament Studies in 1973.
In 1982, a Festschrift was published in his honour. Paul and Paulinism: Essays in Honour of C.K. Barrett included contributions from Morna Hooker, F. F. Bruce, I. Howard Marshall, Martin Hengel, and John Painter.
Selected works
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |title=The Holy Spirit and the Gospel tradition |location=London |publisher=S.P.C.K. |date=1947 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=The Gospel According to St. John: an introduction with commentary and notes on the Greek text |location=London |publisher=S.P.C.K. |date=1955 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=The New Testament Background: selected documents edited, with introductions |location=London |publisher=S.P.C.K. |date=1956 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans |location=London |publisher=A. & C. Black |date=1957 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=The Pastoral Epistles in the New English Bible |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=1963 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=Jesus and the Gospel Tradition |location=London |publisher=S.P.C.K. |date=1967 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=A Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians |location=London |publisher=A. & C. Black |date=1968 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=The Gospel of John and Judaism |location=London |publisher=S.P.C.K. |date=1970 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=A Commentary on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians |location=London |publisher=A. & C. Black |date=1973 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=Reading Through Romans |location=London |publisher=SCM Press |date=1977 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=Essays on Paul |location=London |publisher=S.P.C.K. |date=1982 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=Essays on John |location=London |publisher=S.P.C.K. |date=1982 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=Freedom and Obligation: Study of the Epistle to the Galatians |location=London |publisher=S.P.C.K. |date=1985 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=Paul: An Introduction to His Thought |publisher=Geoffrey Chapman |date=1994 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on The Acts of the Apostles: Vol. 1, Preliminary Introduction and Commentary on Acts I-XIV |series=ICC |location=London |publisher=T&T Clark |date=1994 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on The Acts of the Apostles: Vol. 2, Preliminary Introduction and Commentary on Acts XV-XXVIII |series=ICC |location=London |publisher=T&T Clark |date=1999 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barrett |first=C. K. |author-mask=3 |title=Acts of the Apostles: A Shorter Commentary |series=ICC |location=London |publisher=T&T Clark |date=2002 }}
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