{{Short description|New Testament scholar and Anglican cleric (1938–2012)}} {{for|the television network|RT France}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use British English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = [[The Reverend]] | name = R.&nbsp;T. France | image = Dick France on Bird Rock, Gwynedd.jpg | image_size = | alt = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1938|04|02}} | birth_place = [[Derry]], Northern Ireland | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|df=y|2012|02|10|1938|04|02}}}} | death_place = [[Llangelynnin, Gwynedd|Llangelynin]], Wales | spouse = Barbara<ref>{{cite news |date=23 February 2012 |title=R.&nbsp;T. France |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/france/paris/r-t-france-zkbk0zwsr93 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The Times |location=London |access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref> | awards = | module = {{Infobox clergy |child=yes | religion = Christianity ([[Anglicanism|Anglican]]) | church = [[Church of England]] | ordained = 1966<ref>{{cite magazine |last=May |first=Alex |year=2012 |title=Obituaries |url=https://issuu.com/oxfordalumni/docs/oxford_today_tt2012/47 |magazine=Oxford Today |volume=24 |issue=3 |location=Oxford |publisher=University of Oxford |page=47 |access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref> | congregations = | offices_held = | title = }} | module2 = {{Infobox academic |child=yes | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list | [[Balliol College, Oxford]] | [[University of London]] | [[Tyndale Hall]]}} | thesis_title = | thesis_year = | school_tradition = [[Evangelical Anglicanism]] | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences = <!--must be referenced from a third party source--> | era = | discipline = [[Biblical studies]] | sub_discipline = [[New Testament]] | workplaces = {{unbulleted list | [[University of Ife]] | [[Tyndale House (Cambridge)|Tyndale House]] | [[Ahmadu Bello University]] | [[London Bible College]] | [[Wycliffe Hall, Oxford]]}} | doctoral_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> | notable_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = <!--must be referenced from a third party source--> }} | signature = | signature_alt = }} '''Richard Thomas France''' (1938–2012), known as '''R.&nbsp;T. France''' or '''Dick France''', was a [[New Testament]] scholar and [[Anglican cleric]].<ref>{{cite news |date=14 March 2012 |title=Obituary: The Revd Dr R.&nbsp;T. France |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2012/16-march/gazette/obituary-the-revd-dr-r-t-france |work=Church Times |location=London |publisher=Hymns Ancient and Modern |access-date=6 April 2018 |archive-date=6 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406230218/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2012/16-march/gazette/obituary-the-revd-dr-r-t-france |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=17 April 2012 |title=Canon Dick France |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/9209984/Canon-Dick-France.html |work=The Telegraph |location=London |access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref> He was [[Principal (university)|Principal]] of [[Wycliffe Hall]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], from 1989 to 1995. He also worked for the [[London School of Theology]].

==Biography== {{Prose|section|date=September 2018}} Richard T. (Dick) France was born on 2 April 1938. He was educated at [[Bradford Grammar School]] and [[Balliol College, Oxford]] (BA, 1960; MA 1963). He earned his BD at Tyndale Hall, [[University of London]] (1963), and his PhD at [[Trinity College, Bristol|Tyndale Hall, Bristol]] (1967). He served pastoral charges in England and Wales from 1995 until his retirement in 1999. He died on 10 February 2012.

* Lecturer in Biblical Studies, [[University of Ife]], Nigeria (1969–1973) * Librarian, [[Tyndale House (Cambridge)|Tyndale House]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] (1973–1976) * Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, [[Ahmadu Bello University]] (1976–1977) * Warden, Tyndale House (1978–1981) * Senior Lecturer, New Testament Studies (1981–1988); Vice-Principal (1983–1988) [[London Bible College]] * Principal, [[Wycliffe Hall]], [[Oxford University]] (1989–1995) * Rector of [[Wentnor]], [[Ratlinghope]], [[Myndtown]], [[Norbury, Shropshire|Norbury]], [[More, Shropshire|More]], [[Lydham]] and [[Snead, Powys|Snead]] (1995–1999) <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.evangelical-times.org/rev-dr-richard-france-1938-2012/ |title= Rev. Dr Richard France (1938–2012) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= August 1, 2012 |website= Evangelical Times |publisher= |access-date= July 22, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Hon Canon Theologian of [[Ibadan]] Cathedral, Nigeria (1994–2012) * Hon. Research Fellow, [[Bangor University]] (2004–2012)

He had been a member (since 1989; vice-chairman since 2005) of the Committee on Bible Translation responsible for the New International Version of the Bible (NIV), and for Today's New International Version (2005).

==Works== ===Books=== *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |title=The Living God |url=https://archive.org/details/livinggod00fran |url-access=registration |location=London |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |date=1970 |isbn=0-87784-697-9 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission |edition=1st |location=London; Downers Grove, IL |publisher=Tyndale Press; Inter-Varsity Press |date=1971|isbn=0-85111-727-9 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Man They Crucified: a Portrait of Jesus |location=London/Chicago |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |date=1975 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=I Came to Set the Earth on Fire: a Portrait of Jesus |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=1975 |isbn=0-87784-642-1 }} *{{cite book |last1=France |first1=R. T. |last2=Wenham |first2=David |author-link2=David Wenham (theologian) |author-mask=3 |title=Gospel Perspectives, vols 1-3 |location=Sheffield, UK |publisher=Sheffield: JSOT Press |date=1980–1983 |isbn=978-1-59244-289-8 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Book House |date=1982 |isbn=0-8010-3508-2 <!--|edition=1st -->|edition=re-issue }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Gospel According to Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary |series=Tyndale New Testament Commentary |volume=1 |location=Leicester, UK |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |date=1985 |isbn=0-8028-0063-7 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Evidence for Jesus |url=https://archive.org/details/evidenceforjesus00fran |url-access=registration |location=London; Downers Grove, IL |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton; InterVarsity Press |date=1986 |isbn=0-340-38172-8 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Matthew: Evangelist and Teacher |location=Exeter, UK |publisher=Paternoster |date=1989 |isbn=1-59244-936-0 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Man They Crucified: a Portrait of Jesus |location=Vancouver, BC |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |date=1989 |isbn=1-57383-236-7 |edition=revised }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Divine Government: The Kingship of God in the Gospel of Mark |location=London |publisher=SPCK |date=1990 |isbn=0-281-04471-6 }} *{{cite book |editor-last=France |editor-first=R. T. |editor-mask=3 |editor2-last=Carson |editor2-first=D. A. |editor2-link=D. A. Carson |editor3-last=Motyer |editor3-first=J. Alec |editor3-link=J. Alec Motyer |editor4-last=Wenham |editor4-first=Gordon J. |editor4-link=Gordon J. Wenham |title=The New Bible Commentary: 21st-Century Edition |location=Leicester, UK; Downers Grove, IL |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |date=1994 |isbn=978-0851106489 |edition=revised}} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Women in the Church's Ministry: a Test-case for Biblical Interpretation |series=Didsbury Lectures |location=Carlisle, UK |publisher=Paternoster Press |date=1995 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Women in the Church's Ministry: a Test-case for Biblical Interpretation |series=Didsbury Lectures |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=1997 |isbn=0-8028-4172-4 |edition=reissue }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Gospel of Mark |edition=1st |series=Doubleday Bible Commentary series |location=New York |publisher=Doubleday |date=1998 |isbn=0-385-49017-8 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Jesus and the Old Testament: His Application of Old Testament Passages to Himself and His Mission |location=Vancouver, BC |publisher=Regent College Publishing |date=2000 |isbn=1-57383-006-2<!--|edition=1st --> |edition=republication }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Gospel of Mark: A Commentary on the Greek Text |series=[[New International Greek Testament Commentary]] |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=2002 |isbn=0-8028-2446-3 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Divine Government: The Kingship of God in the Gospel of Mark |location=Vancouver, BC |publisher=Regent College Publishing |date=2003 |isbn=1-57383-244-8 |edition=re-issue }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=The Gospel of Matthew |series=[[New International Commentary on the New Testament]] |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-8028-2501-8 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Mark |location=Peabody, MA |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |date=2007 |isbn=978-1-59856-186-9 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary |series=[[Tyndale New Testament Commentaries]] |volume=1 |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-8308-2980-4 |edition=reissue }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Timothy, Titus, and Hebrews |location=Peabody, MA |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |date=2007 |isbn=978-1-59856-195-1 }} *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Luke |series=Teach the Text Commentary Series |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Academic |date=2013 |isbn=978-0-8010-9235-0 }}

===Articles and chapters=== *{{cite book |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |chapter=Henry Martyn |title=Five Pioneer Missionaries |location=London |publisher=Banner of Truth Trust |date=1965 |isbn=978-0-851-51117-7 }} - Award-winning competition entry published in a collection of biographies. *{{cite journal |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Inerrancy and New Testament Exegesis |journal=Themelios |volume=1 |issue=1 |date=Autumn 1975 |pages=12–18 }} *{{cite journal |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Matthew's Gospel in Recent Study|journal=Themelios |volume=14 |issue=2 |date=January 1989 |pages=41–46 }} *{{cite journal |last=France |first=R. T. |author-mask=3 |title=Development in New Testament Christology|journal=Themelios |volume=18 |issue=1 |date=October 1992 |pages=4–8 }}

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