Burkitt Medal Explained

The Burkitt Medal is awarded annually by the British Academy "in recognition of special service to Biblical Studies". Awards alternate between Hebrew Bible studies (odd years) and New Testament studies (even years). It was established in 1923 and has been awarded to many notable theologians. It is named in honour of Francis Crawford Burkitt.^[1]

List of recipients

The first recipient of the Burkitt medal was R. H. Charles (1925). Below is a full list of recipients:^[2]

1925–1999

• 1925 The Ven. Archdeacon R. H. Charles
• 1926 Professor F. C. Burkitt
• 1927 The Rev. Canon B. H. Streeter
• 1928 Professor J. H. Ropes
• 1929 The Rev. Professor M.-J. Lagrange, OP
• 1930 Dr. C. G. Montefiore
• 1931 No Award
• 1932 Professor Alexander Souter
• 1933 No Award
• 1934 Sir Frederic G. Kenyon
• 1935 No Award
• 1936 Professor Kirsopp Lake
• 1937 No Award
• 1938 The Rev. Dr. W. O. E. Oesterley
• 1939 The Rev. Dr. A. E. Brooke and Dr. Norman Mclean
• 1940 The Rev. L. Hugues Vincent, OSD
• 1941 The Rev. S. C. E. Legg
• 1942 No Award
• 1943 Professor S. A. Cook
• 1944 The Rev. Dr. H. Wheeler Robinson
• 1945 The Rev. Professor C. H. Dodd
• 1946 Professor Theodore Henry Robinson
  • • • • • • • 1947 The Rev. Dr. W. F. Howard 1948 Professor S. H. Hooke 1949 Professor Sigmund Mowinckel 1950 The Rev. Professor T. W. Manson 1951 The Rev. Professor H. H. Rowley 1952 Professor Anton Fridrichsen 1953 Sir Godfrey R. Driver 1954 Professor P. E. Kahle and Professor Ludwig Koehler
    • 1955 Professor Walther Bauer 1956 Professor Oscar Cullmann 1957 The Rev. Roland de Vaux, OP
• 1958 Professor Joachim Jeremias
• 1959 Charles Virolleaud
• 1960 The Rev. Dr. Vincent Taylor
• 1961 The Rev. Professor A. R. Johnson
• 1962 The Rev. Professor Matthew Black
• 1963 Professor Walther Eichrodt
  • • • • 1964 Professor W. D. Davies 1965 Professor Otto Eissfeldt 1966 Professor C. K. Barrett 1967 Professor Martin Noth 1968 The Rev. Professor P. Benoit, OP
• 1969 Professor D. Winton Thomas
  • • • 1970 The Rev. Professor C. F. D. Moule 1971 Professor Ernst Kasemann 1972 Professor W. Zimmerli 1973 Professor W. G. Kummel
• 1974 Professor C. J. Lindblom
• 1975 Professor K. Aland
• 1976 Professor E. H. Riesenfeld
• 1977 Professor D. C. Westermann
  • • 1978 Professor H. F. D. Sparks 1979 Professor F. F. Bruce 1980 Professor P. A. H. De Boer
  • 1981 Professor G. B. Caird 1982 Professor G. W. Anderson
• 1983 Dom Bonifatius Fischer, OSB
• 1984 The Rev. Professor J. A. Fitzmyer, SJ
• 1985 Professor W. Mckane
• 1986 Professor M. Hengel
• 1987 Professor Dr R. Schnackenburg
  • 1988 Professor James Barr 1989 Professor C. E. B. Cranfield
    • • • • • • • • 1990 Professor R. M. Wilson 1991 Professor J. A. Emerton 1992 Dr Ernst Bammel 1993 Professor Otto Kaiser 1994 Professor B. M. Metzger 1995 Professor Dr A. S. Van Der Woude 1996 Professor Dr E. Schweizer 1997 Professor R. N. Whybray 1998 Rev. Dr Margaret Thrall 1999 Professor Brevard S. Childs

2000s

Year	Recipient	Area of study
2000		New Testament
2001	Rudolf Smend	Hebrew Bible
2002		New Testament
2003	Bertil Albrektson	Hebrew Bible
2004		New Testament
2005	Pierre-Maurice Bogaert OSB	Hebrew Bible
2006		New Testament
2007		Hebrew Bible
2008		New Testament
2009		Hebrew Bible

2010s

Year	Recipient	Area of study	Citation
2010		New Testament
2011	Andrew Mayes	Hebrew Bible
2012		New Testament
2013		Hebrew Bible
2014		New Testament
2015		Hebrew Bible	"in recognition of his significant contribution to the study of the Hebrew Bible and Hebrew lexicography"^[3]
2016		New Testament	"for her significant contribution to New Testament textual research"^[4]
2017		Hebrew Bible	"for his outstanding contribution to the study of Hebrew grammar and syntax, and the Septuagint"^[5]
2018		New Testament	"for his wide-ranging contribution to New Testament studies."^[6]
2019		Old Testament

2020s

Year	Recipient	Area of study	Citation
2020		New Testament	"for her long and distinguished contribution to New Testament scholarship"^[7]
2021		Hebrew Bible	"for enduring contributions to the field"^[8]
2022	Emeritus Professor Richard B. Hays	New Testament	"for his internationally recognized and influential work on the Gospels, the letters of Paul, and New Testament ethics"^[9]
2023	Professor Sara Japhet	Hebrew Bible	"for her pioneering contribution to the study of post-exilic Hebrew literature, particularly the books of Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah"^[10]

See also

• Awards of the British Academy
• List of religion-related awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Burkitt Medal (Biblical Studies). Prizes and Medals. British Academy. 9 December 2014.
2. https://www.britac.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Burkitt%20Medal%20pre%202000.pdf "Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies"
3. Web site: Burkitt Medal 2015. British Academy. 9 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310014346/http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/medals/Burkitt_Medal_2015.cfm#. 2016-03-10. dead.
4. Web site: British Academy announces 2016 prizes and medal winners. britac.ac.uk. British Academy. 1 October 2016.
5. Web site: Prize and medal winners 2017. The British Academy. 15 October 2017.
6. Web site: Award-winning journalists, prehistorians and world-leading economists honoured with prestigious British Academy prizes and medals. The British Academy. 2 October 2018.
7. Web site: Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies . The British Academy . 27 May 2021 . en.
8. Web site: Leading slavery scholar wins prestigious British Academy prize for contributions to humanities and social sciences . The British Academy . 2 September 2021 . en.
9. Web site: 2022-09-09 . Richard Hays Honored with 2022 Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies Duke Divinity School . 2024-08-14 . divinity.duke.edu.
10. Web site: 2023-09-05 . Scholars across seven countries recognised by the British Academy for outstanding contributions to SHAPE research . 2024-08-14 . thebritishacademy.ac.uk.