Margaret Barker

Margaret Barker has developed an approach to Biblical Studies now known as Temple Theology. Margaret Barker read theology at the University of Cambridge, England, and went on to pursue her research independently. She was elected President of the Society for Old Testament Study in 1998, and edited the Society’s second Monograph Series, published by Ashgate. She has so far written 16 books, which form a sequence, later volumes building on her earlier conclusions.

Since 1997, she has been part of the symposium Religion, Science and the Environment, convened by His All Holiness Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch. This work has led her to develop the practical implications of temple theology as the basis for a Christian environment theology.

In July 2008 Margaret Barker was awarded a DD by the Archbishop of Canterbury ‘in recognition of her work on the Jerusalem Temple and the origins of Christian Liturgy, which has made a significantly new contribution to our understanding of the New Testament and opened up important fields for research.’

Margaret Barker is a mother and grandmother, a Methodist Preacher and was involved for over 30 years with the work of a Women’s Refuge.

Margaret Barker DD has no connection with website Temple Illuminatus.

NEWS

Temple Studies Group Summer School: The TSG held a one-week Summer School at Borrowash near Derby in August 2011 which was a great success. The next Summer School will be in August 2013. Further details and the schedule for the week are available here: flyer and schedule. Booking in advance is essential (using the email link above) and payment is made on the first day of the Summer School. Cash or cheques only; card payments cannot be processed.

The next Temple Studies Group symposium will be held in the Temple Church London on Saturday June 15th 2013: Mary and the Temple. Further details will be announced on the Temple Studies Group website when they are available.

Margaret Barker delivered the Fr Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary, New York on 29 January 2012 ‘Our Great High Priest. The Church as the New Temple'.

Margaret Barker's latest book The Mother of the Lord, vol 1 The Lady in the Temple, was published by T&T Clark in September 2012.

Margaret Barker [and others] have established a Temple Studies Group to convene symposia on Temple themes. The Temple Studies Group website has further information.

Margaret Barker discusses her work and ideas with William J. Hamblin. This series of short interviews is currently available to view on YouTube. Link to YouTube.