Robert Henry Lightfoot (30th September 1883 — 24th November 1953)

Abstract

R. H. Lightfoot championed the work of German scholars, both in Form and Redaction Criticism of the Gospels, and then produced significant volumes on the gospels of Mark and John. His 1934 Bampton Lectures were in turn acknowledged in German scholarship, but also demonstrate how easy it is to overestimate one's audience.