R. T. France

{{Short description|New Testament scholar and Anglican cleric (1938–2012)}}

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| birth_place = Derry, Northern Ireland

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| death_place = Llangelynin, Wales

| nationality = British

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| discipline = Biblical studies

| sub_discipline = New Testament

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Richard Thomas France (1938–2012), known as R. T. France or Dick France, was a New Testament scholar and Anglican cleric.{{cite news |date=14 March 2012 |title=Obituary: The Revd Dr R. T. France |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2012/16-march/gazette/obituary-the-revd-dr-r-t-france |work=Church Times |location=London |publisher=Hymns Ancient and Modern |access-date=6 April 2018}}{{cite news |date=17 April 2012 |title=Canon Dick France |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/9209984/Canon-Dick-France.html |work=The Telegraph |location=London |access-date=31 August 2018}} He was Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, from 1989 to 1995. He also worked for the London School of Theology.

Biography

Richard T. (Dick) France was born on 2 April 1938. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford (BA, 1960; MA 1963). He earned his BD at Tyndale Hall, University of London (1963), and his PhD at Tyndale Hall, Bristol (1967). He served pastoral charges in England and Wales from 1995 until his retirement in 1999. He died on 10 February 2012.

Lecturer in Biblical Studies, University of Ife, Nigeria (1969–1973)
Librarian, Tyndale House, Cambridge (1973–1976)
Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Ahmadu Bello University (1976–1977)
Warden, Tyndale House (1978–1981)
Senior Lecturer, New Testament Studies (1981–1988); Vice-Principal (1983–1988) London Bible College
Principal, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University (1989–1995)
Rector of Wentnor, Ratlinghope, Myndtown, Norbury, More, Lydham and Snead (1995–1999)
Hon Canon Theologian of Ibadan Cathedral, Nigeria (1994–2012)
Hon. Research Fellow, Bangor University (2004–2012)

He had been a member (since 1989; vice-chairman since 2005) of the Committee on Bible Translation responsible for the New International Version of the Bible (NIV), and for Today's New International Version (2005).

Works

=Books=

{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |title=The Living God |url=https://archive.org/details/livinggod00fran |url-access=registration |location=London |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |date=1970 |isbn=0-87784-697-9 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission |edition=1st |location=London; Downers Grove, IL |publisher=Tyndale Press; Inter-Varsity Press |date=1971|isbn=0-85111-727-9 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Man They Crucified: a Portrait of Jesus |location=London/Chicago |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |date=1975 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=I Came to Set the Earth on Fire: a Portrait of Jesus |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=1975 |isbn=0-87784-642-1 }}
{{cite book |last1=France |first1=R. T. |last2=Wenham |first2=David |author-link2=David Wenham (theologian) |author-mask=3 |title=Gospel Perspectives, vols 1-3 |location=Sheffield, UK |publisher=Sheffield: JSOT Press |date=1980–1983 |isbn=978-1-59244-289-8 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Book House |date=1982 |isbn=0-8010-3508-2 |edition=re-issue }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Gospel According to Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary |series=Tyndale New Testament Commentary |volume=1 |location=Leicester, UK |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |date=1985 |isbn=0-8028-0063-7 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Evidence for Jesus |url=https://archive.org/details/evidenceforjesus00fran |url-access=registration |location=London; Downers Grove, IL |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton; InterVarsity Press |date=1986 |isbn=0-340-38172-8 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Matthew: Evangelist and Teacher |location=Exeter, UK |publisher=Paternoster |date=1989 |isbn=1-59244-936-0 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Man They Crucified: a Portrait of Jesus |location=Vancouver, BC |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |date=1989 |isbn=1-57383-236-7 |edition=revised }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Divine Government: The Kingship of God in the Gospel of Mark |location=London |publisher=SPCK |date=1990 |isbn=0-281-04471-6 }}
{{cite book |editor-last=France |editor-first=R. T. |editor-mask=3 |editor2-last=Carson |editor2-first=D. A. |editor2-link=D. A. Carson |editor3-last=Motyer |editor3-first=J. Alec |editor3-link=J. Alec Motyer |editor4-last=Wenham |editor4-first=Gordon J. |editor4-link=Gordon J. Wenham |title=The New Bible Commentary: 21st-Century Edition |location=Leicester, UK; Downers Grove, IL |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |date=1994 |isbn=978-0851106489 |edition=revised}}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Women in the Church's Ministry: a Test-case for Biblical Interpretation |series=Didsbury Lectures |location=Carlisle, UK |publisher=Paternoster Press |date=1995 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Women in the Church's Ministry: a Test-case for Biblical Interpretation |series=Didsbury Lectures |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=1997 |isbn=0-8028-4172-4 |edition=reissue }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Gospel of Mark |edition=1st |series=Doubleday Bible Commentary series |location=New York |publisher=Doubleday |date=1998 |isbn=0-385-49017-8 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission |location=Vancouver, BC |publisher=Regent College Publishing |date=2000 |isbn=1-57383-006-2 |edition=republication }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Gospel of Mark: A Commentary on the Greek Text |series=New International Greek Testament Commentary |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=2002 |isbn=0-8028-2446-3 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Divine Government: The Kingship of God in the Gospel of Mark |location=Vancouver, BC |publisher=Regent College Publishing |date=2003 |isbn=1-57383-244-8 |edition=re-issue }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Gospel of Matthew |series=New International Commentary on the New Testament |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-8028-2501-8 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Mark |location=Peabody, MA |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |date=2007 |isbn=978-1-59856-186-9 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary |series=Tyndale New Testament Commentaries |volume=1 |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-8308-2980-4 |edition=reissue }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Timothy, Titus, and Hebrews |location=Peabody, MA |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |date=2007 |isbn=978-1-59856-195-1 }}
{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Luke |series=Teach the Text Commentary Series |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Academic |date=2013 |isbn=978-0-8010-9235-0 }}

=Articles and chapters=

{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |chapter=Henry Martyn |title=Five Pioneer Missionaries |location=London |publisher=Banner of Truth Trust |date=1965 |isbn=978-0-851-51117-7 }} - Award-winning competition entry published in a collection of biographies.
{{cite journal |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Inerrancy and New Testament Exegesis |journal=Themelios |volume=1 |issue=1 |date=Autumn 1975 |pages=12–18 }}
{{cite journal |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Matthew's Gospel in Recent Study|journal=Themelios |volume=14 |issue=2 |date=January 1989 |pages=41–46 }}
{{cite journal |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Development in New Testament Christology|journal=Themelios |volume=18 |issue=1 |date=October 1992 |pages=4–8 }}