Beasley-Murray, George Raymond

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BEASLEY-MURRAY, George Raymond

BEASLEY-MURRAY, George Raymond. British, b. 1916. Genres: Theology/Religion. Career: Lecturer in New Testament Language and Literature, Spurgeon's College, London, 1950-56: Professor of Greek New Testament, International Seminary, Ruschlikon and Zurich, 1956-58; Principal, Spurgeon's College, London, 1958-73; Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, 1973-80. Publications: Christ Is Alive, 1947; Jesus and the Future, 1954; Preaching the Gospel from the Gospels, 1956, 2nd ed. rev. and enlarged, 1996; A Commentary on Mark Thirteen, 1957; Baptism in the New Testament, 1962; The Resurrection of Jesus Christ, 1964; The General Epistles, 1965; Baptism Today and Tomorrow, 1966; Commentary on Second Corinthians, 1971; Highlights in the Book of Revelation, 1972; Commentary on the Book of Revelation, 1974; The Coming of God, 1982; Jesus and the Kingdom of God, 1985; Gospel of John, 1987; Word Biblical Themes: John, 1989; Gospel of Life: The Theology of the Gospel of John, 1991; Jesus and the Last Days, 1993. TRANSLATOR: Did the Early Church Baptize Infants? by Kurt Aland, 1963; Baptism in the Thought of St. Paul, by R. Schnacken- burg, 1964; (and ed. with R.W.N. Hoare and J.K. Riches) The Gospel of John: A Commentary, by R. Bultmann, 1971. Died 2000.