13 Facts About Richard Bauckham

Richard Bauckham is a senior scholar at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.

In 2006, Bauckham published his most widely-read work Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, a book that defends the historical reliability of the gospels.

Richard Bauckham argues that the synoptic gospels are based "quite closely" on the testimony of eyewitnesses, and the Gospel of John is written by an eyewitness.

Richard Bauckham updated and expanded the book to respond to critics in a second edition, published in 2017.

Richard Bauckham was born in London and studied at the University of Cambridge, where he read history at Clare College and was a fellow of St John's College.

Richard Bauckham moved to the University of St Andrews in 1992 to be a Professor of New Testament Studies and the named professorship of Bishop Wardlaw Professor.

Richard Bauckham retired in 2007 in order to concentrate on research and writing.

Richard Bauckham is a fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Richard Bauckham is a senior scholar at Ridley Hall in Cambridge, and a visiting professor at St Mellitus College in London.

Richard Bauckham has been published in a variety of fields in New Testament studies and early Christianity.

Richard Bauckham has published on the theology of the German theologian Jurgen Moltmann.

Richard Bauckham gave the Sarum Lectures for 2006 on "Beyond Stewardship: The Bible and the Community of Creation".

Richard Bauckham gave a series of the Scottish Journal of Theology Lectures in Aberdeen on "The Gospels as History: Comparisons with Ancient and Modern Historiography".