Paul Barnett (bishop)

Australian bishop and scholar of ancient history and theology

For other people named Paul Barnett, see Paul Barnett (disambiguation).

The Right Reverend

Paul Barnett

Bishop of North Sydney
Church| Anglican Church of Australia
Province| Province of New South Wales
Diocese| Diocese of Sydney
In office| 1990–2001
Predecessor| Donald Cameron
Successor| Glenn Davies
Orders
Ordination| 1965
Consecration| 1 May 1990
by Donald Robinson
Personal details
Born|

Paul William Barnett

(1935-09-23) 23 September 1935 (age 89)
Nationality| Australian
Denomination| Anglicanism
Spouse| Anita
Children| 4

Paul William Barnett AM (born 23 September 1935)[1] is an Australian Anglican bishop, ancient historian and New Testament scholar.[2] He was the Bishop of North Sydney from 1990 to 2001. He is a prominent historical writer on the rise of Christianity and the historical Jesus. He is currently a fellow in ancient history at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia and a teaching fellow at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada.

## Background

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Barnett holds a Master of Arts (MA Hons) from the University of Sydney, a Licentiate in Theology (ThL) from the Australian College of Theology, a Bachelor of Divinity (BD Hons) and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD; London) on the interaction between the New Testament and Jewish history of the first century. His dissertation at the University of London was titled "The Jewish eschatalogical prophets A.D. 40-70 in their theological and political setting". "[He is] now a teaching fellow at Regent College, Vancouver, [and] is a respected classicist and historian."[3]

Barnett was ordained in 1965[4] and ministered at St Barnabas' Broadway in Sydney and Holy Trinity Church in North Terrace, Adelaide before becoming the master of Robert Menzies College at Macquarie University from 1980. He was later the chairman of the New Documents Illustrating early Christianity project which is now in its 10th volume. The ninth volume was dedicated to Barnett and contains an introduction on his impact on New Testament ancient history by Edwin Judge.[5] He is married to Anita Barnett.[6] He has 4 children and 11 grandchildren.

Barnett was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.

## Bibliography

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* Is the New Testament History?. Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. Revised Edition: Aquila, 2004. ISBN 1-876960-82-5
* Bethlehem to Patmos. Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. Revised Edition: Paternoster, 2013. ISBN 978-0-8928-3381-8
* Apocalypse Now and Then: Reading Revelation Today (Reading the Bible Today Commentaries). 1989. Reprinted, Aquila Press, 2001. ISBN 978-1-875861-41-5
* The Servant King: Reading Mark Today. 1991. ISBN 978-1-875861-32-3
* The Truth about Jesus. First Edition 1994. Second Edition: Aquila, 2004. ISBN 1-876960-91-4
* The Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians NIC. 1997.
* Jesus and the Logic of History. Leicester: IVP (UK). 1997.
* Jesus and the Rise of Early Christianity. IVP Academic, 1999. ISBN 978-0-8308-2699-5
* The Shepherd King: reading John today. Aquila Press, 2005. ISBN 1-920935-76-2
* Living Hope: Reading 1 Peter today. Aquila Press, 2006. ISBN 1-921137-63-0
* The Birth of Christianity. Eerdmans, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8028-2781-4
* Paul, Missionary of Jesus. Eerdmans, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8028-4891-8
* Finding the Historical Christ. Eerdmans, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8028-4890-1
* Messiah. Intervarsity Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84474-352-0
* The Corinthian Question. Apollos, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84474-532-6
* 1 Corinthians: Holiness and Hope of a Rescued People (Focus on the Bible). Christian Focus, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84550-721-3

## References

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1. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
2. ^ Among others he has written Is the New Testament History? (1986), The Message of 2 Corinthians (1988), Bethlehem to Patmos (1989), The Two Faces of Jesus (1990), Jesus and the Logic of History (1997), Birth of Christianity (2005) and Paul, Missionary of Jesus > British Library website accessed 15:58 GMT 21 February 2011
3. ^ Paul W. Barnett. IVP. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
4. ^ Crockford’s 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975, ISBN 0-19-200008-X
5. ^ S.R. Llewelyn (ed.), New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, Vol 9
6. ^ Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000

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