thesis_year death_place death_date birth_place thesis_title birth_date article_title name alma_mater
1970 cambridge , uk 18 july 2009 -lrb- aged 69 -rrb- christchurch , new zealand the origin and nature of interest in the character of jesus primitive preaching and jesus of nazareth : the 9 july 1940 graham stanton
 graham stanton knox college , otago
graham stanton

graham norman stanton -lrb- 9 july 1940 -- 18 july 2009 -rrb- was a new zealander who became a prominent and widely respected new testament scholar in a teaching career at king 's college london and as lady margaret 's professor of divinity at cambridge university .
stanton 's special interests were in the gospels , with a particular focus on matthew 's gospel ; paul 's letters , with a particular focus on galatians ; and second century christian writings , with a particular interest in justin martyr .
stanton came to cambridge in 1966 to study under professor c.f.d. moule -lrb- at westminster college and as a member of fitzwilliam college -rrb- , his dissertation was completed in 1969 and published in 1974 .
from 1970-1998 he served as lecturer and -lrb- from 1977 -rrb- as professor of new testament at king 's college , london .
in 1998 he returned to cambridge as lady margaret professor -lrb- and as a fellow at fitzwilliam college -rrb- .
for the year 1996-97 , stanton was the president of the `` studiorum novi testamenti societas '' -lrb- society for new testament studies - snts -rrb- , a society of new testament scholars .
for nine years -lrb- 1982-1990 -rrb- he was editor of the journal `` new testament studies '' and of the associated monograph series -lrb- 1982-1991 -rrb- , and was a general editor of the international critical commentaries -lrb- from 1984 until 2009 -rrb- .
among other honours stanton was awarded an honorary dd from the university of otago in 2000 ; in 2005 he was honored with a festschrift to mark his sixty-fifth birthday in 2005 : `` the written gospel '' eds .
m. bockmuehl and d. hagner , cambridge university press - this includes a bibliography of stanton 's books and articles up to 2005 -lrb- 9 authored books , 6 edited books , 60 authored articles or chapters -rrb- .
in 2006 he was awarded the burkitt medal by the british academy for his contribution to biblical studies in the uk .
in 2011 a collection of essays discussing various aspects of stanton 's work was published in his memory .
