Name Graham Stanton Died July 18, 2009, Cambridge | Doctoral advisor C. F. D. Moule | |
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Alma mater Knox College, Otago
Westminster College, Cambridge Thesis The primitive preaching and Jesus of Nazareth: the origin and nature of interest in the character of Jesus (1970) Education Westminster College, Cambridge, Knox College, Otago Books The Gospels and Jesus, Jesus and Gospel, A Gospel for a New People, Gospel Truth?: New Ligh, Studies in Matthew and Early Similar People C F D Moule, Stephen C Barton, Patrick Collinson | ||
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Graham Norman Stanton (9 July 1940 – 18 July 2009) was a New Zealander who became a prominent and widely respected New Testament scholar in a teaching career at King's College London and as Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University. Stanton's special interests were in the Gospels, with a particular focus on Matthew's Gospel; Paul's letters, with a particular focus on Galatians; and second century Christian writings, with a particular interest in Justin Martyr.
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Stanton came to Cambridge in 1966 to study under Professor C.F.D. Moule (at Westminster College and as a member of Fitzwilliam College), his dissertation was completed in 1969 and published in 1974. From 1970-1998 he served as lecturer and (from 1977) as Professor of New Testament at King's College, London. In 1998 he returned to Cambridge as Lady Margaret Professor (and as a Fellow at Fitzwilliam College).
For the year 1996-97, Stanton was the President of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (Society for New Testament Studies - SNTS), a society of New Testament scholars. For nine years (1982-1990) he was editor of the journal New Testament Studies and of the associated monograph series (1982-1991), and was a General Editor of the International Critical Commentaries (from 1984 until 2009).
Among other honours Stanton was awarded an honorary DD from the University of Otago in 2000; in 2005 he was honored with a Festschrift to mark his sixty-fifth birthday in 2005: The Written Gospel eds. M. Bockmuehl and D. Hagner, Cambridge University Press - this includes a bibliography of Stanton's books and articles up to 2005 (9 authored books, 6 edited books, 60 authored articles or chapters). In 2006 he was awarded the Burkitt Medal by the British Academy for his contribution to biblical studies in the UK. In 2011 a collection of essays discussing various aspects of Stanton's work was published in his memory.