British Baptist Theologians 9: George Beasley-Murray

George Beasley-Murray is probably the most famous British Baptist theologian of the 20th Century. He specialised in New Testament studies and wrote an influential book on baptism in the New Testament.

Born 10 October 1916

MTh King's College London
PhD King's College London (1952)

Tutor in New Testament, Spurgeon's College (1950-1956)
Professor of Greek and New Testament, Baptist Theological Seminary, Ruschlikon (1956-1958)
Principal, Spurgeon's College (1958-1973)
James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, South Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-1980)

The Whitley Lecturer 1959-60 published as Baptism in the New Testament (1962)
The Emanuel Ajahi Dahunsi Memorial New Testament Lecturer 1981 published as The Coming of God (Paternoster, 1983)

Died 23 February 2000

Major Publications

___ Jesus and the Future: An Examination of the Criticism of the Eschatological Discourse, Mark 13, with special Reference to the Little Apocalypse Theory (Macmillan, 1954)
___ Baptism in the New Testament (Macmillan, 1962)
___ Baptist Today and Tomorrow (Macmillan, 1966)
___ The Book of Revelation (New Century Commentary, Oliphants, 1974)
___ The Coming of God (Paternoster, 1983)
___ Jesus and the Kingdom of God (Paternoster, 1986)
___ The Gospel of John (Word Biblical Commentary, Word Books, 1988, 2nd ed. 1999)
___ The Gospel of Life: Theology in the Fourth Gospel (Hendrickson, 1991)

For more See Fearless for the Truth: A Personal Portrait of George Beasley-Murray by Paul Beasley-Murray (2002, Paternoster)

Comments

[Joseph M. Smith]

One slight correction. The chair of New Testament at Southern Baptist Seminary is the James Buchanan HARRISON professorship. The last name was omitted.

My later father-in-law, Eric Rust, a good friend of George Beasley-Murray, used to reminisce about how both of them, having joined Louisville churches, could scarcely believe that they were thereby Southern Baptists!