Editing Leon Morris

[[Image:Leon Morris.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Leon Morris]]
'''Leon Lamb Morris''' (15 March 1914 &mdash; 24 July 2006) was an [[Australian]] [[New Testament]] scholar. He worked on the [[New International Version]] of the Bible.

Born in [[Lithgow, New South Wales]], Morris was ordained to the [[Anglican]] ministry in [[1938 AD|1938]]. He received his [[Ph.D.]] at the [[University of Cambridge]] in [[England]] on the subject which became his first major book, ''The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross''. He served as [[Warden (college)|Warden]] of Tyndale House, Cambridge (1960-64); [[Principal (university)|Principal]] of [[Ridley College (University of Melbourne)|Ridley College]] in [[Melbourne]] (1964-1979), [[Australia]] (where they have named a library in his honour); and Visiting [[Professor]] of New Testament at [[Trinity Evangelical Divinity School]]. 

He published several theological works and commentaries on the Bible, notable among which are ''The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross'', ''The Atonement: Its Meaning and Significance'', ''New Testament Theology'', and ''The Gospel According to John'' (part of the [[New International Commentary on the New Testament]] series), ''The Gospel According to Matthew'' (IVP / Eerdmans, 1992), ''The Epistle to the Romans'' (IVP / Eerdmans, 1988), and ''The Book of Revelation: An Introduction and Commentary'' (Rev. ed., IVP / Eerdmans, 1987).

In 1974, a ''[[Festschrift]]'' was published in his honor. ''Reconciliation and Hope: New Testament essays presented to L. L. Morris'' included contributions from [[John Painter (theologian)|John Painter]], [[E. Earle Ellis]], [[Herman N. Ridderbos]], [[Günther Bornkamm]], [[Ralph P. Martin]], [[James D. G. Dunn]], [[Richard N. Longenecker]], [[D. W. B. Robinson]], [[G. R. Beasley-Murray]], and [[George Eldon Ladd]].

==Selected works==
===Books===
*Morris, Leon (1955). The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. OCLC 1546602.
*——— (1956). The Epistles of Paul to the Thessalonians: an introduction and commentary. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-82187-4. OCLC 690992.
*——— (1958). The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: an introduction and commentary. Tyndale New Testament Commentaries 7. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-81406-7. OCLC 5029950.
*——— (1959). The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians: the English text with introduction, exposition, and notes. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-851-11882-6. OCLC 10912433.
*——— (1965). The Cross in the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-83199-6. OCLC 384566.
*———; Cundall, Arthur E. (1968). Judges and Ruth: An Introduction and Survey. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries 7. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 978-0-877-84896-7.
*——— (1969). Studies in the fourth Gospel. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. OCLC 21321.
*——— (1969). Revelation: an introduction and commentary. Tyndale New Testament Commentaries 20. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-851-11889-5. OCLC 14932834.
*——— (1971). The Gospel according to John: the English text with introduction, exposition and notes. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-82296-3. OCLC 200933.
*——— (1972). Apocalyptic. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-81455-5. OCLC 402448.
*——— (1974). Luke: an introduction and commentary. Tyndale New Testament Commentaries 3. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-82253-6. OCLC 1051946.
*——— (1976). I Believe in Revelation. I Believe... Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-81637-5. OCLC 1991295.
*——— (1981). Testaments of Love: a study of love in the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-81874-4. OCLC 7277296.
*——— (1985). New Testament Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books. ISBN 978-0-310-45570-7. OCLC 12976111.
*——— (1987). The Epistle to the Romans. PNTC. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-83636-6. OCLC 16901277.
*——— (1989). Jesus is the Christ: Studies in the Theology of John. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-80452-5. OCLC 19267493.
*———; Carson, D. A.; Moo, Douglas J. (1991). An Introduction to the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-51940-9. OCLC 24218222.
*——— (1992). The Gospel according to Matthew. PNTC. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-83696-0. OCLC 25787283.
===Articles===
*——— (Jan 1952). "Justification by Faith: The Old Testament and Rabbinic Anticipation". Evangelical Quarterly 24 (1): 24–36.
*——— (October 1952). "The Biblical Use of the Term 'Blood'". Journal of Theological Studies (NS) 3: 216–227.
*——— (Sep 1952). "The Biblical Idea of Atonement". Australian Biblical Review 2 (3-4): 83–95.
*——— (October 1952). "The Idea of Redemption in the Old Testament". Reformed Theological Review 11: 94–102.
*——— (1955). "The Passover in Biblical Literature". Australian Biblical Review 4: 59–76. covers 1954/55

==Bibliography==
Bach, Neil (2016). Leon Morris. Milton Keynes, Bucks: Authentic Media. ISBN 978-1-8422-7986-1.

==External links==
*[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Tyndale/Doorway.htm Tyndale House, Cambridge]
*[http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_dss_morris.html "The Dead Sea Scrolls and St. John's Gospel"]
*[https://www.melbourne.anglican.com.au/main.php?pg=blogs&story_id=1786 Obituary]
*[http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/scholarship-via-bush-roads/2006/08/13/1155407666913.html Obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald]
*[http://www.theologicalstudies.org.uk/theo_morris.php A bibliography of Leon Morris's works ]
*[http://ridley.edu.au Ridley Melbourne - Mission & Ministry College]

[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge]]
[[Category:Australian Anglican priests]]
[[Category:New Testament scholars]]
[[Category:Anglican theologians]]
[[Category:People from the Central Tablelands]]
[[Category:Australian biblical scholars]]
[[Category:Bible commentators]]

==External Links==
* [https://www.ridley.edu.au/category/leon-morris-centenary/ Leon Morris]

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