Paul William Barnett is an Anglican bishop, ancient historian and New Testament scholar.
Education
Barnett holds a Master of Arts Honours from the University of Sydney, a ThL from the Australian College of Theology, a Bachelor's Degree Honours and a Doctor of Philosophy (London) on the interaction between the New Testament and Jewish history of the first century.
Career
He was the Bishop of North Sydney from 1990 to 2001. He is currently a fellow in ancient history at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia and a teaching fellow at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada. His dissertation at the University of London was titled "The Jewish eschatalogical prophets Anno Domini 40-70 in their theological and political setting".
" now a teaching fellow at Regent College, Vancouver, is a respected classicist and historian."
Barnett was ordained in 1965 and ministered at Street Barnabas" Broadway in Sydney and North Terrace in Adelaide before becoming the master of Robert Menzies College at Macquarie University from 1980.
The ninth volume was dedicated to Barnett and contains an introduction on his impact on New Testament ancient history by Edwin Judge.