R. T. France Explained

Pre-Nominals:	The Reverend
R. T. France
Birth Date:	1938 4, df=y
Birth Place:	Derry, Northern Ireland
Death Place:	Llangelynin, Wales
Nationality:	British
Spouse:	Barbara^[1]
Module:	Child: yes Church: Church of England Ordained: 1966^[2]
Module2:	Child: yes School Tradition: Evangelical Anglicanism Discipline: Biblical studies Sub Discipline: New Testament

Richard Thomas France (1938–2012), known as R. T. France or Dick France, was a New Testament scholar and Anglican cleric.^{[3] [4]} 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 (1969–1973)
• Librarian, Tyndale House, Cambridge (1973–1976)
• Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Ahmadu Bello University (1976–1977)
• Warden, Tyndale House (1978–1981)
• Senior Lecturer, New Testament Studies (1981–1988); Vice-Principal (1983–1988) London Bible College
• Principal, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University (1989–1995)
• Rector of Wentnor, Ratlinghope, Myndtown, Norbury, More, Lydham and Snead (1995–1999)
• Hon Canon Theologian of Ibadan Cathedral, Nigeria (1994–2012)
• Hon. Research Fellow, Bangor University (2004–2012)

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

• Book: France, R. T. . The Living God . registration . London . Inter-Varsity Press . 1970 . 0-87784-697-9 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission . 1st . London; Downers Grove, IL . Tyndale Press; Inter-Varsity Press . 1971. 0-85111-727-9 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . The Man They Crucified: a Portrait of Jesus . London/Chicago . Inter-Varsity Press . 1975 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . I Came to Set the Earth on Fire: a Portrait of Jesus . Downers Grove, IL . InterVarsity Press . 1975 . 0-87784-642-1 .
• Book: France . R. T. . Wenham . David . David Wenham (theologian) . 3 . Gospel Perspectives, vols 1-3 . Sheffield, UK . Sheffield: JSOT Press . 1980–1983 . 978-1-59244-289-8 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Book House . 1982 . 0-8010-3508-2 . 1st -->,re-issue .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . The Gospel According to Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary . Tyndale New Testament Commentary . 1 . Leicester, UK . Inter-Varsity Press . 1985 . 0-8028-0063-7 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . The Evidence for Jesus . registration . London; Downers Grove, IL . Hodder & Stoughton; InterVarsity Press . 1986 . 0-340-38172-8 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Matthew: Evangelist and Teacher . Exeter, UK . Paternoster . 1989 . 1-59244-936-0 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . The Man They Crucified: a Portrait of Jesus . Vancouver, BC . Inter-Varsity Press . 1989 . 1-57383-236-7 . revised .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Divine Government: The Kingship of God in the Gospel of Mark . London . SPCK . 1990 . 0-281-04471-6 .
• Book: France . R. T. . 3 . Carson . D. A. . D. A. Carson . Motyer . J. Alec . J. Alec Motyer . Wenham . Gordon J. . Gordon J. Wenham . The New Bible Commentary: 21st-Century Edition . Leicester, UK; Downers Grove, IL . Inter-Varsity Press . 1994 . 978-0851106489 . revised.
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Women in the Church's Ministry: a Test-case for Biblical Interpretation . Didsbury Lectures . Carlisle, UK . Paternoster Press . 1995 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Women in the Church's Ministry: a Test-case for Biblical Interpretation . Didsbury Lectures . Grand Rapids, MI . Eerdmans . 1997 . 0-8028-4172-4 . reissue .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . The Gospel of Mark . 1st . Doubleday Bible Commentary series . New York . Doubleday . 1998 . 0-385-49017-8 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission . Vancouver, BC . Regent College Publishing . 2000 . 1-57383-006-2. 1st -->,republication .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . The Gospel of Mark: A Commentary on the Greek Text . . Grand Rapids, MI . Eerdmans . 2002 . 0-8028-2446-3 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Divine Government: The Kingship of God in the Gospel of Mark . Vancouver, BC . Regent College Publishing . 2003 . 1-57383-244-8 . re-issue .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . The Gospel of Matthew . . Grand Rapids, MI . Eerdmans . 2007 . 978-0-8028-2501-8 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Mark . Peabody, MA . Hendrickson Publishers . 2007 . 978-1-59856-186-9 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary . . 1 . Downers Grove, IL . InterVarsity Press . 2007 . 978-0-8308-2980-4 . reissue .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Timothy, Titus, and Hebrews . Peabody, MA . Hendrickson Publishers . 2007 . 978-1-59856-195-1 .
• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Luke . Teach the Text Commentary Series . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2013 . 978-0-8010-9235-0 .

Articles and chapters

• Book: France, R. T. . 3 . Henry Martyn . Five Pioneer Missionaries . London . Banner of Truth Trust . 1965 . 978-0-851-51117-7 . - Award-winning competition entry published in a collection of biographies.
• France . R. T. . 3 . Inerrancy and New Testament Exegesis . Themelios . 1 . 1 . Autumn 1975 . 12–18 .
• France . R. T. . 3 . Matthew's Gospel in Recent Study. Themelios . 14 . 2 . January 1989 . 41–46 .
• France . R. T. . 3 . Development in New Testament Christology. Themelios . 18 . 1 . October 1992 . 4–8 .

Sources

IVP

Library of Congress; WorldCat.org; Bookfinder.com

Notes and References

1. News: 23 February 2012 . R. T. France . subscription . The Times . London . 31 August 2018.
2. May . Alex . 2012 . Obituaries . Oxford Today . 24 . 3 . Oxford . University of Oxford . 47 . 31 August 2018.
3. News: 14 March 2012 . Obituary: The Revd Dr R. T. France . Church Times . London . Hymns Ancient and Modern . 6 April 2018.
4. News: 17 April 2012 . Canon Dick France . The Telegraph . London . 31 August 2018.