Professor Richard Bauckham (Ph.D. Cambridge; D.D, F.B.A, F.R.S.E.,) is Senior Scholar at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. Until 2007 he was Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
He is a biblical scholar and theologian. His academic work and publications have ranged over many areas of subjects, including eschatology; the New Testament books of Revelation, James, 2 Peter and Jude; Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature; the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha; the New Testament Apocrypha; the relatives of Jesus; the early Jerusalem church, the Bible and contemporary issues and biblical and theological approaches to environmental issues.