John Barton FBA (born 17 June 1948) is a British Anglican priest and biblical scholar.
In addition to his academic career, he has been an ordained and serving priest in the Church of England since 1973.
[3][4] He moved to Merton College, Oxford, to undertake postgraduate research, and completed his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1974.
[3] His doctoral thesis was titled The Relation of God to Ethics in the Eighth Century Prophets.
[6] From 2010 to 2013 he held a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for work on a project entitled Ethics in Ancient Israel.
[3][12] Concentrating on his academic career, he did not hold an ecclesiastical position until 1979 when he was made chaplain of St Cross College, Oxford.
[4][12] From 2000 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2010 he served on the church's General Synod, representing the clergy of the University of Oxford.
[13] In 2013, Barton resigned from the office due to ill health,[14] but he continues to serve on the editorial board of the periodical, Modern Church.