Favorite British Scholars?

[thistle93]

Hi! Curious who are some of your favorite British Scholars? I would prefer to limit it to ones who are conservative and evangelical and are either still alive or lived within the last 100 years.

I will start off. Gordon Wenham


For His Glory-
Matthew

 

[Hamalas]

Carl Trueman.

 

[JonathanHunt]

Dr Robert Oliver - Church History

 

[Philip]

The late T.F. Torrance (arguable whether he's evangelical).

 

[py3ak]

Alec Motyer.

 

[bookslover]

F. F. Bruce, Thomas F. Torrance, Alec Motyer, J. I. Packer, John R. W. Stott, I. Howard Marshall, Allan Harman...

 

[bookslover]

The late T.F. Torrance (arguable whether he's evangelical).

I've read enough by Torrance to be able to say that he was a serious, committed believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. Yes, he was a Barthian - studying under Barth himself in the late 1930s - but, in later years, he had serious disagreements with Barth. I'd say Torrance was the most important British (certainly Scottish!) theologian of the last half of the 20th century.

 

[Philip]

I've read enough by Torrance to be able to say that he was a serious, committed believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. Yes, he was a Barthian - studying under Barth himself in the late 1930s - but, in later years, he had serious disagreements with Barth. I'd say Torrance was the most important British (certainly Scottish!) theologian of the last half of the 20th century.

Agreed.

 

[MW]

Allan Harman

He is Australian, though he studied and taught in the Free Church of Scotland.

 

[Jerusalem Blade]

Does down under count? I rather like that chap, the Rev Winzer.

 

[Stephen L Smith]

Does down under count? I rather like that chap, the Rev Winzer.

Steve I am shocked. No one in his right mind would endorse an Australian

 

[Stephen L Smith]

Given that someone has mentioned John Stott, I think it is appropriate to mention Martyn Lloyd-Jones. he was no less a scholar than Stott but he had a tremendous influence on Reformed scholarship in the UK.

 

[bookslover]

Allan Harman

He is Australian, though he studied and taught in the Free Church of Scotland.

Harman's 2-volume, 1,000-page commentary on the Book of Psalms is simply fabulous. I've read every page of it.

 

[MW]

Does down under count? I rather like that chap, the Rev Winzer.

He has a good share of British blood running through his veins, but he is not worthy of the company mentioned in this thread.

 

[timmopussycat]

Christopher J. H. Wright. Old Testament Ethics for the People of God

 

[ZackF]

Sinclair Ferguson deserves a mention I think. Can't believe someone forgot John Murray!