Barnabas Lindars (born Frederick Chevallier Lindars; 1923–1991) was an English

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scholar. Born 11 June 1923, Lindars was educated at Altrincham Grammar School and then studied at

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. He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1949. After teaching at the

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(where he was Dean of Jesus College), Lindars served as Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the

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from 1978 to 1990. In 1988, ''It Is Written: Scripture Citing Scripture: Essays in Honour of Barnabas Lindars, SSF'' was published. It included contributions from C. K. Barrett, Richard Bauckham, G. K. Beale, D. A. Carson, R. E. Clements, and Morna D. Hooker. Lindars died on 21 October 1991.

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