William Sanday (theologian) explained
William Sanday (1 August 1843 – 16 September 1920) was a British Anglican theologian and priest. He was the Dean Ireland's Professor of Exegesis of Holy Scripture from 1883 to 1895 and the Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity from 1895 to 1919; both chairs were at the University of Oxford. He had previously been Master of Bishop Hatfield's Hall, University of Durham.
Biography
Sanday was born in Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, England, to William Sanday and Elizabeth Mann. He was a British academic theologian and biblical scholar. He was ordained as a deacon in 1867 and as a priest in 1869. In 1877 he married Marian Hastings, daughter of Woodman Hastings.
He was Dean Ireland's Professor of Exegesis of Holy Scripture at Oxford between 1883 and 1895, as well as Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity and Canon of Christ Church between 1895 and 1919. He became a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1903 (one of the original cohort), and received an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) degree from the University of Cambridge in May 1902.[1]
He also worked as one of the editors of the 1880 Variorum Bible, and contributed articles to the Encyclopaedia Biblica and The American Journal of Theology.
Sanday died on 16 September 1920 in Oxford.
Works
- Book: Sanday . William . The Authorship and Historical Character of the Fourth Gospel: considered in reference to the contents of the Gospel itself: a critical essay . London . Macmillan . 1872 .
- Book: Sanday . William . 3 . The Gospels in the Second Century: an examination of the critical part of a work entitled "Supernatural religion" . 1876 . Macmillan . 9780837050409 . 551689940 .
- Book: Sanday . William . 3 . Headlam . Arthur C. . Arthur C. Headlam . A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans . . Edinburgh . T & T Clark . 1895 .
- Book: Sanday . William . 3 . Outlines of the Life of Christ . New York . C. Scribner's Sons . 1899 . 7108831 . 1906 2nd edition
- Book: Sanday . William . 3 . The Life of Christ in Recent Research . New York . Oxford University Press . 1907 . 3009845 .
- Book: Sanday . William . 3 . Studies in the Synoptic Problem . Oxford . Clarendon Press . 1911 . 753275 .
- Book: Sanday . William . 3 . The New Testament Background . 1918 . 1920 edition
- Book: Sanday . William . 3 . Essays in Biblical Criticism and Exegesis . Journal for the Study of the New Testament - Supplement series . 225 . Sheffield . Sheffield Academic Press . 2001 . 9780567619730 . 741687252 .
References
Bibliography
- Chapman. Mark D.. Mark Chapman (theologian). 1994. The Socratic Subversion of Tradition: William Sanday and Theology, 1900–1920. The Journal of Theological Studies. 2. 45. 1. 94–116. 10.1093/jts/45.1.94. 23966892. 1477-4607.
- Book: Chapman
, Mark D.
. Mark Chapman (theologian). . 2001. The Coming Crisis: The Impact of Eschatology on Theology in Edwardian England. Sheffield, England. Sheffield Academic Press. 978-1-84127-185-9.
- Encyclopedia: Hawke. Joanna. 2004. Sanday, William (1843–1920). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford. Oxford University Press. 10.1093/ref:odnb/35931.
- Book: Neville
, David J.
. 1994. Arguments from Order in Synoptic Source Criticism: A History and Critique. New Gospel Studies. 7. Macon, Georgia. Mercer University Press. 978-0-86554-399-7.
- Book: Plarr
, Victor G.
. Victor Plarr. 1899. Men and Women of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries. 15th. London. George Routledge and Sons. 02003510. 1 January 2019.
- Book: Robertson. A. T.. Archibald Thomas Robertson. Perschbacher. Wesley. Wesley John Perschbacher. 2003. Word Pictures on the New Testament. 1. rev.. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kregel Publications. 978-0-8254-3640-6.
- Book: Wilkinson
, John T.
. 1971. Arthur Samuel Peake: A Biography. Eugene, Oregon. Wipf and Stock. 2016. 978-1-5326-0534-5.
Notes and References
- University Intelligence . 28 May 1902 . 12 . 36779.
