B. H. Streeter | |
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| Born | Burnett Hillman Streeter (1874-11-17)17 November 1874 London, England |
| Died | 10 September 1937(1937-09-10) (aged 62) NearWaldenburg, Switzerland |
| Title | Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford (1933–1937) |
| Spouse | [1] |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
| Church | Church of England |
| Ordained | 1899 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | The Queen's College, Oxford |
| Influences | William Sanday[2] |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| Sub-discipline | New Testament studies |
| Institutions | |
| Main interests | Synoptic problem |
| Notable works | The Four Gospels (1924) |
| Notable ideas | Four-document hypothesis |
| Influenced | |
Burnett Hillman StreeterFBA[4] (17 November 1874 – 10 September 1937) was an EnglishAnglicantheologian,biblical scholar, and textual critic.
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Streeter was born inCroydon,London, on 17 November 1874 and educated atThe Queen's College, Oxford.[3] He was ordained in 1899 and was a member of theArchbishops' Commission on Doctrine in theChurch of England (from 1922 to 1937).[5] In 1910, Streeter formed a group of Oxford dons known as The Group, which met weekly to discuss theological topics.[citation needed] He attended the 1935Nuremberg Rally withFrank Buchman.[6] He wrote a dozen volumes in the fields ofphilosophy of religion,comparative religion, andNew Testament textual studies.
He wasDean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at theUniversity of Oxford from 1932 to 1933, when he became Provost of Queen's College.
The most important work of Streeter wasThe Four Gospels: A Study of Origins (1924), in which he proposed a "four-document hypothesis" (instead of the "two-source hypothesis") as a new solution to thesynoptic problem.[7][verification needed] In this work, he also developed the theory of "local texts" in the manuscript transmission of theNew Testament (pp. 27–50).Johann Leonhard Hug was his forerunner.[8]
Streeter found a new textual family:Caesarean text-type. He remarked a close textual relationship betweenCodex Sinaiticus andVulgate ofJerome.
Streeter and his wife, Irene, were the only passengers on aKoolhoven FK.50, HB-AMO which crashed into Mount Kelleköpfli on a flight fromBern toBasel on 10 September 1937. The crew started the descent to Basel in low visibility due to foggy conditions. The plane hit Mount Kelleköpfli located nearWaldenburg, 25 kilometres southeast of Basel airport. The pilot Walter Eberschweiler and the Streeters were killed immediately, while the radio operator/navigator Hans Huggler survived the accident, but was severely injured.
| Academic offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Bampton Lecturer 1932 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture 1932–1933 | |
| Preceded by E. M. Walker | Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford 1933–1937 | Succeeded by |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by | Burkitt Medal 1926 | Succeeded by |
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