R. T. France

Richard Thomas France (1938–2012) was a New Testament scholar and Anglican cleric. He was Principal of Wycliffe Hall Oxford from 1989 to 1995. He has 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 (1969–73)
• Librarian, Tyndale House, Cambridge (1973–76)
• Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Ahmadu Bello University (1976–77)
• Warden, Tyndale House (1978–81)
• Senior Lecturer, New Testament Studies (1981–88); Vice-Principal (1983–88) London Bible College
• Principal, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University (1989–95)
• Hon. Research Fellow, Bangor University (currently)

He has 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

• Divine Government: The Kingship of God in the Gospel of Mark. London: SPCK, 1990. ISBN 0281044716; Sydney: ANZEA; republ. Vancouver: Regent College Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1573832448.
• The Evidence for Jesus. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. ISBN 0340381728; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, c1986. ISBN: 0877849862.
• The Gospel According to Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary. Leicester, UK: Inter-Varsity Press; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, c1985 (1987 printing). ISBN: 0802800637
• The Gospel of Mark, 1st ed. Doubleday Bible Commentary series. New York: Doubleday, c1998. ISBN: 0385490178.
• The Gospel of Mark: A Commentary on the Greek Text. New International Greek Testament Commentary series. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans; Carlisle, Paternoster, 2002. ISBN: 0802824463.
• The Gospel of Matthew. The New International Commentary on the New Testament series. Grand Rapids; Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2007. ISBN 080282501X.
• I Came to Set the Earth on Fire: a Portrait of Jesus. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, c1975. ISBN: 0877846421.
• Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission, 1st ed. London: Tyndale, 1971. ISBN: 0851117279; [Downers Grove, IL:] Inter-Varsity Press, 1971. ISBN: 0877849544; repub. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1982. ISBN 0801035082; Vancouver: Regent College Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1573830062.
• The living God. London: Inter-Varsity Press, 1970. ISBN: 0877846979.
• Mark. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, [2007]. ISBN: 9781598561869; 1598561863.
• Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary. The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, vol. 1. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780830829804; 9780851118703.
• Matthew: Evangelist and Teacher. Exeter, UK: Paternoster, 1989. ISBN 1592449360; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, [1998]. ISBN 1592449360.
• Timothy, Titus, and Hebrews [by Dick (R.T.) France]. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, [2007]. ISBN: 9781598561951; 1598561952.
• Women in the Church’s Ministry: a Test-case for Biblical Interpretation[aka Hermeneutics]. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997. ISBN: 0802841724; Originally published: Carlisle, UK: Paternoster Press, 1995.

He is also a coeditor of The New Bible Commentary: 21st-Century Edition. Leicester, UK; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1997.

Sources

IVP; Library of Congress; WorldCat.org; Bookfinder.com