John Muddiman (1947 – 5 December 2020) was a British academic and Anglican priest. He was the G. B. Caird Fellow in New Testament Theology at

Mansfield College, Oxford Mansfield College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The college was founded in Birmingham in 1838 as a college for Nonconformist students. It moved to Oxford in 1886 and was renamed Man ...

, from 1990 until his retirement in 2012.

Early life and education

Muddiman was educated at

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. He studied at Keble College, Oxford and

Selwyn College, Cambridge Selwyn College, Cambridge (formally Selwyn College in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1882 by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of George Augustus Selwyn (18 ...

, and trained for Holy Orders at

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. He studied for his DPhil under the supervision of G. B. Caird.Muddiman, John, The Epistle to the Ephesians (2001)

Career

Ordained ministry

Muddiman was

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in the

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as a

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in 1972 and as a

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in 1973. He studied for his doctorate, while simultaneously serving as Chaplain of New College, Oxford. He was a

non-stipendiary priest Self-supporting ministers (SSMs), previously called non-stipendiary ministers or non-stipendiary priests (NSMs), are religious ministers who do not receive a stipend (i.e. payment) for their services and therefore financially support their own mi ...

at the

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from 1997 to 2012. He died on December 5, 2020 after a short illness.

Academic career

Amongst his academic works, he has produced a critically acclaimed examination of authorship in the Epistle to the Ephesians. Moreover, along with John Barton, he has co-edited the ''Oxford Bible Commentary'', a particular favourite amongst undergraduate theologians. His most recent work is a study of the authenticity of the Pauline Epistles. He was co-editor of

the Journal of Theological Studies ''The Journal of Theological Studies'' is an academic journal established in 1899 and now published by Oxford University Press in April and October each year. It publishes theological research, scholarship, and interpretation, and hitherto unpubli ...

from 2010 to 2012 (succeeding John Barton as biblical editor and being succeeded in turn by Katherine Southwood).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muddiman, John Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of Mansfield College, Oxford Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge Alumni of Westcott House, Cambridge