F. C. Burkitt
British theologian and scholar
Francis Crawford Burkitt FBA (3 September 1864 – 11 May 1935) was an English theologian and Norris Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. Burkitt was a sturdy critic of the "Caesarean Text" of the New Testament.
| F. C. Burkitt | |
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| Born | 3 September 1864  |
| Died | 3 May 1935, 11 May 1935 (aged 70) |
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| Occupation | Orientalist, theologian, biblical scholar |
| Awards | |
| Position held | Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity (1905–1935) |
Life
changeBurkitt was awarded Doctor of Divinity in 1915.[1] He was Norrisian Professor of Divinity from 1905 to 1934,[1] and then Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity from 1934 until his death in 1935.[2]
Burkitt played an important role in deciphering a Syriac palimpsest of the Gospels in subsequent publication of the team's findings.[3]
He was also president of the Cambridge Philological Society from 1904 to 1905. Burkitt was one of the founding member of the Cambridge Theological Society that was dedicated to research, and president from 1907-09.[4]
Honours
changeThe Burkitt Medal, awarded by the British Academy, is named in his honour.[5]
Books
change- Burkitt, Francis C. (1894). The Book of Rules of Tyconius: newly edited from the mss., with an introduction and an examination into the text of the Biblical quotations. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 6132125.
- Burkitt, Francis C.; Bensly, Robert L.; Harris, J. Rendel (1894). The Four Gospels in Syriac, transcribed from the Sinaitic palimpsest. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780837013770. OCLC 2433500.
- Burkitt, Francis C. (1896). The Old Latin and the Itala: With an appendix containing the text of the S. Gallen Palimpsest of Jeremiah. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 3314332.
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Early Christianity Outside the Roman Empire, two lectures delivered at Trinity College, Dublin. Cambridge, England: The University Press. Wikisource. 1899. OCLC 457206218. [scan] - Burkitt, Francis C. (1901). Two Lectures on the Gospels. London & New York: Macmillan. OCLC 3381853.
- Burkitt, Francis C. (1901). Saint Ephraim's Quotations From The Gospel. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 3792630.
- Burkitt, Francis C.; Kenyon, Frederic G.; Headlam, Arthur C.; et al. (1902). Criticism of the New Testament: St. Margaret's Lectures 1902. New York: Scribners Sons. OCLC 4107994.
- Burkitt, Francis C. (1904). Early Eastern Christianity: Saint Margaret's Lectures on the Syriac Speaking Church 1904. London: John Murray. OCLC 941047442.
- Burkitt, Francis C. (1904). Evangelion da-mepharreshe: The Curetonian Version of the Four Gospels, with the readings of the Sinai Palimpsest. I. Text; II: Introduction and Notes. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 557772466.
- Burkitt, Francis C. (1907). The Gospel History and its Transmission. Edinburgh: T&T Clark.
- Burkitt, Francis C. (1914). Jewish and Christian Apocalypses: Schweich Lectures of the British Academy 1913. London: The British Academy. OCLC 458985970.
- Burkitt, Francis C. (1924). Christian Beginnings: Three Lectures. London: University of London Press. OCLC 253528260.
- Burkitt, Francis C. (1925). The Religion of the Manichees: Donnellan Lectures 1924. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 79046876.
- Burkitt, Francis C.; Robinson, Theodore H.; Hunkin, Joseph W. (1929). Palestine in General History: Schweich Lectures of the British Academy 1926. London: Oxford University Press. OCLC 1091929228.
- Burkitt, Francis C. (1930). Christian Worship. Christian religion, its origin and progress. 3. The church of to-day, pt. 2. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 1014109.
- Burkitt, Francis C.; Gardner-Smith, P.; Raven, Charles E. (1930). The Christian Religion and Its Origin and Progress, Volume 3 :The Church of Today. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 912955287.
- Burkitt, Francis C. (1932). Jesus Christ: An Historical Outline. London: Blackie & Son. OCLC 472794866.
- Burkitt, Francis C. (1932). Church and Gnosis: a Study of Christian Thought and Speculation in the Second Century: The Morse lectures for 1931. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 640005752.
- Burkitt, Francis C.; Goad, Harold E.; Little, A. G. (1932). Franciscan Essays II. British Society of Franciscan Studies, Extra series. Manchester: The University Press. OCLC 1096531998.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Burkitt, Francis Crawford (BRKT882FC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ "Burkitt, Francis Crawford". Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U206907. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
- ↑ Soskice, Janet (2010). Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels. London: Vintage. pp. 146–87.
- ↑ "The Historical Register of the University of Cambridge". Cambridge University Press. 1917. pp. 1008–1009.
- ↑ "Burkitt Medal (Biblical Studies)". Prizes and Medals. British Academy. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
Other websites
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Works written by or about F. C. Burkitt at Wikisource- Biographical page