R. T. France

R. T. France
Born	Richard Thomas France 2 April 1938 Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Died	10 February 2012 Llangelynin, Wales
Education	PhD, Tyndale Hall, Bristol
Known for	New Testament scholar.

Richard Thomas France (2 April 1938 – 10 February 2012) was a New Testament scholar and Anglican cleric. 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 (1969–73)
• 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

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

• France, R. T. (1970). The Living God. London: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 0-87784-697-9.
• France, R. T. (1971). Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission (1st ed.). London ; Downers Grove, IL: Tyndale Press ; Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 0-85111-727-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (1975). I Came to Set the Earth on Fire: a Portrait of Jesus. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN 0-87784-642-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (1982). Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission (re-issue ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House. ISBN 0-8010-3508-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (1985). The Gospel According to Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary. Tyndale New Testament Commentary. Vol. 1. Leicester, UK: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 0-8028-0063-7. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (1986). The Evidence for Jesus. London ; Downers Grove, IL: Hodder & Stoughton ; InterVarsity Press. ISBN 0-340-38172-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (1989). Matthew: Evangelist and Teacher. Exeter, UK: Paternoster. ISBN 1-59244-936-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (1990). Divine Government: The Kingship of God in the Gospel of Mark. London: SPCK. ISBN 0-281-04471-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T.; Carson, D. A.; Motyer, J. Alec; Wenham, Gordon J., eds. (1994). The New Bible Commentary: 21st-Century Edition (revised ed.). Leicester, UK ; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 978-0851106489. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editormask= ignored (|editor-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (1995). Women in the Church’s Ministry: a Test-case for Biblical Interpretation. Didsbury Lectures. Carlisle, UK: Paternoster Press. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (1997). Women in the Church’s Ministry: a Test-case for Biblical Interpretation. Didsbury Lectures (reissue ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-4172-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (1998). The Gospel of Mark. Doubleday Bible Commentary series (1st ed.). New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-49017-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (2000). Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission (republication ed.). Vancouver, BC: Regent College Publishing. ISBN 1-57383-006-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (2002). The Gospel of Mark: A Commentary on the Greek Text. New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-2446-3. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (2003). Divine Government: The Kingship of God in the Gospel of Mark (re-issue ed.). Vancouver, BC: Regent College Publishing. ISBN 1-57383-244-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (2007). The Gospel of Matthew. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-2501-X. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (2007). Mark. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59856-186-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (2007). Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary. Tyndale New Testament Commentaries. Vol. 1 (reissue ed.). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN 978-0-8308-2980-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (2007). Timothy, Titus, and Hebrews. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59856-195-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (2013). Luke. Teach the Text Commentary Series. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN 978-0-8010-9235-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

Articles and Chapters

• France, R. T. (1965). "Henry Martyn". Five Pioneer Missionaries. London: Banner of Truth Trust. ISBN 978-0-851-51117-7. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) - Award-winning competition entry published in a collection of biographies.
• France, R. T. (Autumn 1975). "Inerrancy and New Testament Exegesis". Themelios. 1 (1): 12–18. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (Jan 1989). "Matthew's Gospel in Recent Study". Themelios. 14 (2): 41–46. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• France, R. T. (October 1992). "Development in New Testament Christology". Themelios. 18 (1): 4–8. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

Sources

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