--- title: "4 John Goldingay Quotes - Famous Biblical scholar" description: "British biblical scholar... | John Edgar Goldingay is a British Old Testament scholar and translator and Anglican cleric. He is the David Allan Hubbard ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-john-goldingay-70720.jpg" --- ![Portrait of John Goldingay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-john-goldingay-70720.jpg) # John Goldingay (1942) Biblical Scholar **4** quotes in **25** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Goldingay is a biblical scholar. ## Quick Facts About John Goldingay Born June 20, 1942 Profession Biblical Scholar ## About John Goldingay British biblical scholar... \| John Edgar Goldingay is a British Old Testament scholar and translator and Anglican cleric. He is the David Allan Hubbard Professor Emeritus of Old Testament in the School of Theology of Fuller Theological Seminary in California. ## Quotes by John Goldingay > [The Bible is a collection of writings by lots of different people written over maybe a thousand years, from a number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goldingay/the-bible-is-a-collection-of-writings-by-lots-of-different-people/) John Goldingay [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/john-goldingay-70720_bible_the-bible-is-a-collection-of-writings-by_1737539.jpg) > [God has been working at a purpose to have a good world. That he's spoken to people and explained things so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goldingay/god-has-been-working-at-a-purpose-to-have-a-good-world-that-he-s/) John Goldingay [God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/john-goldingay-70720_god_god-has-been-working-at-a-purpose-to-hav_1857948.jpg) > [“... prayer does not have to be theologically correct. It is a conversation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goldingay/prayer-does-not-have-to-be-theologically-correct-it-is-a-conversation/) John Goldingay [Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/john-goldingay-70720_communication_prayer-does-not-have-to-be-theologically_2573057.jpg) > [The psalm (Psalm 56) hints at the recognition that fear and trust may coexist. The life of faith is then one in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goldingay/the-psalm-psalm-56-hints-at-the-recognition-that-fear-and-trust-may/) John Goldingay [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/john-goldingay-70720_coexist_the-psalm-psalm-56-hints-at-the-recognit_3042084.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goldingay/#itemlist", "name": "John Goldingay Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Bible is a collection of writings by lots of different people written over maybe a thousand years, from a number of centuries before Jesus to a century after Jesus. I often like to refer to it as \"the Scriptures\" to make that point about it being lots of writings that were originally separate. 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