Introduction

Biography

Caird was edu­cat­ed at King Ed­ward’s School, Birm­ing­ham; Pe­ter­house, Cam­bridge (1936–39); and Mans­field Col­lege, Ox­ford.

He was min­is­ter of the High­gate Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church, Lon­don (1943–46), then moved to Al­ber­ta, Ca­na­da, in 1946 to be­come pro­fes­sor of Old Tes­ta­ment at St. Ste­phens’ College.

In 1950, he be­came pro­fes­sor of Bib­li­cal Stu­dies at Mc­Gill Uni­ver­si­ty, Mont­ré­al. Re­turn­ing to Eng­land in 1959, he became Sen­ior Tu­tor at Mans­field Col­lege, Ox­ford.

At the time of his death he was Dean Ire­land’s Pro­fes­sor of the Exe­ge­sis of Ho­ly Scrip­ture at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ox­ford.

Works

• The Apos­tol­ic Age, 1955
• Principalities and Pow­ers: A St­udy in Paul­ine Theo­lo­gy, 1956
• The Gos­pel of Saint Luke, 1963
• The Re­ve­la­tion of Saint John the Di­vine, 1966
• The Lan­guage and Im­age­ry of the Bi­ble, 1980
• Paul’s Let­ters from Pris­on, 1976
• A Prim­er of Chris­ti­an­ity
• New Tes­ta­ment Theo­lo­gy, pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in 1994