G. R. Beasley Murray

G. R. Beasley Murray (1916-2000) became a Christian in 1932 through the preaching of a student from Spurgeon’s College in South London. His early talent for piano took a backseat when Beasley-Murray discovered New Testament Greek. He enrolled in Spurgeon’s College in 1936 to study the subject and quickly became a leader among his peers.

After college, Beasley-Murray became a Baptist minister in East London. During this pastorate, Beasley-Murray married Ruth Weston and pursued his master’s in theology in New Testament at King’s College, London. He labored in another pastorate and worked as a tutor at Spurgeon’s College before serving as principal of Spurgeon’s College from 1958 to 1973. He also taught New Testament at the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Rüschlikon, Switzerland. Beasley-Murray established a reputation through this body of work as a scholar marked by evangelical conviction and openness to dialoguing with ecumenical movements.

From 1973 to 1980 he was a professor of New Testament at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Although he authored a number of works, his best is probably Baptism in the New Testament, perhaps the best work on the subject available in English. --Steve

John (Word Biblical Commentary) (2nd ed., 1999)

Preaching the Gospel from the Gospels (1996)

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Baptism in the New Testament (2006)

Gospel of Life: Theology in the Fourth Gospel (1995)

The General Epistles: James, 1 Peter, Jude, & 2 Peter (1965)

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ (1964)

Jesus and the Future (1954)

Christ is Alive (1947) [TOP]