J. Alec Motyer Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Reverend
J. Alec Motyer
Birth Name:John Alexander Motyer
Birth Date:30 August 1924
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
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Church:Church of England
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School Tradition:Evangelical Anglicanism
Discipline:Biblical studies

John Alexander Motyer (30 August 1924 – 26 August 2016), known as J. Alec Motyer, was an Irish biblical scholar. He was Vice-Principal of Clifton Theological College and vicar of St. Luke's, Hampstead, and Christ Church, Westbourne (Bournemouth) (1981–1989), before becoming Principal of Trinity College, Bristol. He spent his later years in Poynton, Cheshire.

Motyer was born in Dublin on 30 August 1924 and educated at The High School, Dublin, before going to Trinity College, Dublin, where he received Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Divinity degrees. He trained to become an Anglican minister at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.

Tremper Longman III describes him as a "competent and popular expositor",[1] while Tim Keller has said that Motyer and Edmund Clowney were "the fathers of my preaching ministry".[2] By contrast, Motyer's own opinion of himself was, "I’m not really a scholar. I’m just a man who loves the Word of God.”[3]

He died on 26 August 2016.[4]

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  1. [Tremper Longman|Tremper Longman III]
  2. Web site: Mesa. Ivan. Whom Do Tim Keller and Don Carson Look Up To?. The Gospel Coalition. 23 August 2015.
  3. Web site: J. Alec Motyer - Banner of Truth. 2000-05-09. en-US. 2016-08-31.
  4. News: Cameron . Julia . 9 September 2016 . The Revd Dr John Alexander Motyer . limited . Church Times . London . 30 October 2019.

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