David F. Wright
(1937 - 2008)

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Primary Sources

1964
	David F.Wright, "Tractatus 20-22 of St Augustine's In Iohannem," Journal of Theological Studies n.s. 15 (1964): 317-330.
1967
	David F.Wright, "Clement and the Roman succession in Irenaeus," Journal of Theological Studies n.s. 18 (1967): 144-154.
	David F. Wright, "Rewards in the Teaching of Jesus," Themelios 4.1 (1967): 24-32. pdf
1970
	David F.Wright, "Martin Bucer--the First "Ecumaniac"?" New College Bulletin V:2 (1970): 10-26.
1971
	David F. Wright, "A Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Church History. 1. The Early Church to the Middle of the Fifth Century," TSF Bulletin 59 (Spring 1971): 14-18.
	David F. Wright, "A Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Church Hiatory 2: The Early Church to the Middle of the Fifth Century (continued)," TSF Bulletin 60 (Summer 1971): 20-23.
1972
	David F.Wright, "The Manuscripts of St Augustine's Tractatus in Evangelium Iohannis: A Preliminary Survey and Check-List," Recherches Augustiniennes 8 (1972) 55-143.
	David F.Wright, "Pelagius the Twice-Born," Churchman 86 (1972) 6-15.
	David F.Wright, Common Places of Martin Bucer (translated and annotated), Courtenay Library of Reformation Classics 4, (Appleford: Sutton Courtenay, 1972).
1976
	David F. Wright, "Why Were the Montanists Condemned?" Themelios. (Sept. 1976): 15-22.
1978
	David F.Wright, ed., Essays in Evangelical Social Ethics. Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1978. pp.187.
1979
	David F.Wright, "Piscina Siloa or Piscina Salomonis? (Possidius, Indiculum X6.57)," Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes 25 (1979): 47-60.
	David F.Wright, "Training the Whole Church for Ministry," Jock Stein, ed., Ministers for the 1980s. Edinburgh: Handsel Press, 1979. pp.42-53.
	David F.Wright, "Augustine's Sermons in Vlimmerius's Editio Princeps of Possidius's Indiculum,' Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes 25 (1979): 61-72.
1980
	David F. Wright, "Soundings in the Doctrine of Scripture in British Evangelicalism in the First Half of the Twentieth century," Tyndale Bulletin 31 (1980): 87-106. pdf
1981
	David F.Wright, "The Manuscripts of the "'Tractatus in Iohannem:" A Supplementary List,' Recherches Augustiniennes 16 (1981): 59-100.
1982
	David F. Wright, "Christian Faith in the Greek World: Justin Martyr's Testimony," The Evangelical Quarterly 54.2 (Apr.-June 1982): 77-87. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	David F. Wright, "Basil the Great in the Protestant Reformers' E.A. Livingstone, ed., Studia Patristica 17:3. Oxford etc.: Pergamon, 1982. pp.1149-1155.
	David F. Wright, "Montanism: A Movement of Spiritual Renewal?', Theological Renewal 22 (1982) 19-29.
1983
	David F. Wright, "The Ethical Use of the Old Testament in Luther and Calvin: A Comparison,' Scottish Journal of Theology 36 (1983) 463-485.
	David F. Wright, [Survey of Ecclesiastical History at Edinburgh 1702-1983], New College Bulletin 14 (1983) 25-26.
1984
	David F. Wright, "Homosexuals or Prostitutes? The Meaning of arsenokoitai (1 Cor. 6:9, 1 Tim. 1:10)," Vigiliae Christianae 38 (1984) 125-153, reprinted in W.R. Dyness & S. Donaldson, eds., Homosexuality and Religion and Philosophy, Studies in Homosexuality 12. New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1992. pp.351-379.
	David F. Wright, "Woman Before and After the Fall: A Comparison of Luther's and Calvin's Interpretation of Genesis 1-3," Churchman 98 (1984) 126-135 (reprinted in R.C. Gamble (ed.), Calvin's Work in Geneva, Articles on Calvin and Calvinism 3. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1992. pp.156-165.
	David F. Wright, "The Lima Report: Baptism and Eucharist Compared,' Theology 87,1 (1984) 330-336.
1985
	David F. Wright, "Ordination," Themelios 10.3 (April 1985): 5-10. pdf
	David F. Wright, "War in a Church-Historical Perspective," The Evangelical Quarterly 57.2 (Apr.-June 1985): 133-161. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
1985
	David F. Wright, "War in a Church-Historical Perspective," The Evangelical Quarterly 57.2 (Apr.-June 1985): 133-161.
	David F. Wright, "Apocryphal Gospels; the "Unknown Gospel" (Pap. Egerton 2) and the Gospel of Peter," David Wenham, ed., Gospel Perspectives V: The Jesus Tradition Outside the Gospels. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1985. pp.207- 232.
	David F. Wright, "Papyrus Egerton 2 (the Unknown Gospel) - Part of the Gospel of. Peter?" The Second Century 5 (1985-86) 129-50.
1986
	David F. Wright, "Calvin's Pentateuchal Criticism: Equity, Hardness of Heart and Divine Accommodation in the Mosaic Harmony Commentary," Calvin Theological Journal 21 (1986) 33-50 (reprinted in R.C. Gamble, ed., Calvin and Hermeneutics, Articles on Calvin and Calvinism 6. New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1992) 213-230).
	David F. Wright, "Ministry and Priesthood: Further Reflections," Anvil 3 (1986) 195-207.
	David F. Wright, "Apologetic and Apocalyptic: the Miraculous in the Gospel of Peter," David Wenham & Craig Blomberg (eds.), Gospel Perspectives VI: The Miracles of Jesus. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1986. pp. 401-418.
	David F. Wright, "Word, Ministry and Congregation in the Reformation Confessions," N.M.de S. Cameron & S.B. Ferguson, eds., Pulpit and People. Essays in Honour of William Still on his 75th Birthday. Edinburgh: Rutherford House, 1986. pp.39-50.
1987
	David F. Wright, “One of Five Views of ARCIC II,” Evangel 5:2 (1987): 21-24. pdf [Reproduced by kind permission of the copyright holder]
	David F. Wright, "Donatist Theologoumena in Augustine? Baptism, Reviviscence Sins, and Unworthy Ministers," in Congresso Internazionale su S., Agostino nel XVI Centenario della Conversione, Roma 15-20 settembre 1986, Atti II, Studia Ephemeridis 'Augustinianum' 25. Rome: Institutum Patristicum 'Augustinianum,' 1987. pp.213-224.
	David F. Wright, "Translating ARSENOKOITAI (1 Cor. 6:9; 1 Tim. 1:10)," Vigiliae Christianae 41 (1987) 396-398.
	David F. Wright, "The Origins of Infant Baptism - Child Believers' Baptism?', Scottish Journal of Theology 40 (1987) 1-23.
	David F. Wright, "How Controversial was the Development of Infant Baptism in the Early Church?" James E. Bradley & Richard A. Muller, eds., Church, Word and Spirit: Historical and Theological Essays in Honor of Geoffrey W. Bromiley. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987. pp. 45‑63.
1988
	David F. Wright, "One Baptism or Two? Reflections on the History of Christian Baptism," Vox Evangelica 18 (1988) 7-23 [the 1987 Laing Lecture].
	David F. Wright, "'The Commoun Buke of the Kirke:' the Bible in the Scottish Reformation," Wright (ed.), The Bible in Scottish Life and Literature. pp.155-178.
	David F. Wright, "Luther and the Schwärmer," I.H. Marshall, ed., Christian Experience in Theology and Life. Edinburgh: Rutherford House, 1988. pp.55-82.
	David F. Wright, The Bible in Scottish Life and Literature. Edinburgh : Saint Andrew Press, 1988. pp. vii, 236.
1989
	David F. Wright, "Introduction," "Mary in the New Testament," "'Mother of God'?", and "Mary in the Reformers," David F. Wright, ed., Chosen by God: Mary in Evangelical Perspective. London: Marshall Pickering, 1989. pp.1-14, 15-33, 120-140, 161-183.
	David F. Wright, "The Edinburgh Manuscript Pages of Servetus' Christianismi Restitutio," E.A. McKee & B.G. Armstrong, eds., Probing the Reformed Tradition. Historical Studies in Honor of Edward A. Dowey, Jr. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1989. pp. 263-291.
	David F. Wright, "Homosexuality: The Relevance of the Bible," The Evangelical Quarterly 61.4 (Oct.-Dec. 1989): 291-300. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	David F. Wright, "Early Christian Attitudes to Homosexuality," E.A. Livingstone, ed., Studia Patristica 18:2 (1989): 329-334.
	David F. Wright, "The Meaning and Reference of 'One Baptism for the Remission of Sins' in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed," E.A. Livingstone, ed., Studia Patristica 19. Leuven: Peeters, 1989. pp.281-285.
1990
	David F. Wright, "The Nativity of Christ in Calvin's Commentaries," I. Backus & F. Higman, eds., Théorie et pratique de l'exégèse. Actes du 3e Colloque international sur histoire de l'exégèse biblique au 16e siècle. Genève, 31 août - 2 Sept. 1988, Etudes de philologie et d' histoire 43. Geneva: Droz, 1990. pp. 136-140.
	David F. Wright, "Homosexuality" and "Trinity," E. Ferguson, ed., Encyclopedia of Early Christianity. New York: Garland Publishing, 1990. pp.435-436, 911-17.
1991
	David F. Wright, "Reformation Studies in the 20th Century," J.D. Douglas, ed., New 20th-Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, 2nd edn. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991. pp.699-704.
	David F. Wright, "Robert Estienne's Nova Glossa Ordinaria. A Protestant Quest for a Standard Bible Commentary," W. van 't Spijker, ed., Calvin Erbe and Auftrag. Festschrift für Wilhelm Heinrich Neuser zum 65. Geburtstag. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1991. pp.40-51.
	David F. Wright, "'The Latin Fathers," I. Hazlett, ed., Early Christianity. Origins and Evolution to AD 600 (In Honour of W.H.C. Frend). London: SPCK, 1991. pp.148-162.
	David F. Wright, "The Watershed of Vatican II: Catholic Attitudes Towards Other Religions," A.D. Clarke & B.W. Winter, eds., One God, One Lord in a World of Religious Pluralism. Cambridge: Tyndale House, 1991. pp.153-171 and 207-226 in enlarged edition, Carlisle: Paternoster Press and Grand Rapids: Baker, 1993.
1992
	David F. Wright, "Martin Bucer (1491-1551) in England," Anvil 9 (1992) 249-259.
1993
	David F. Wright, "Martin Bucer and England—and Scotland' in C. Krieger and M. Lienhard (eds.) Martin Bucer and Sixteenth Century Europe. Actes du colloque de Strasbourg (28-31 août 1991) vol. 2. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1993. pp.523-532.
	David F. Wright, "George Cassander and the Appeal to the Fathers in Sixteenth-Century Debates about Infant Baptism," L. Grane, A. Schindler and M. Wriedt, eds., Auctoritas Patrum. Contributions on the Reception of the Church Fathers in the 15th and 16th Century, Veröffentlichungen des Instituts far Europäische Geschichte Mainz, Abteilung Religionsgeschichte 37. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1993. pp. 259-269.
	David F. Wright, "Constantine and the "Mother of God:" Oratio Ad Sanctorum Coetum 11:9," E.A. Livingstone, ed., Studia Patristica 24. Leuven: Peeters, 1993. pp.355-359.
	David F. Wright, "Accommodation and Barbarity in John Calvin's Old Testament Commentaries," A.G. Auld, ed., Understanding Poets and Prophets. Essays in Honour of George Wishart Anderson. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993. pp.413-427.
	David F. Wright, "Homosexuality" and "Sexuality, Sexual Ethics," G.F. Hawthorne & R.P. Martin, eds., Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Downers Grove & Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1993. pp.413-15, 871-75.
	David F. Wright, "Family" and "Fornication" B.M. Metzger & M.D. Coogan, eds., The Oxford Companion to the Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. pp.223-24, 232.
	David F. Wright, "Infant Baptism and the Christian Community in Bucer," David F. Wright, ed., Martin Bucer: Reforming Church and Community. pp.95-106.
	David F. Wright, "Introduction: 'William Tyndale and the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical and Theological Research" and "Scripture and Evangelical Diversity with Special Reference to the Baptismal Divide," Satterthwaire & Wright, eds., A Pathway into the Holy Scripture. Grand Rapids : Eerdmans, 1994. pp.19, 257-275.
1995
	David F. Wright, "Ambrose," "Gregory the Great," "Patristic Ethics," etc. in D.J. Atkinson & D.H. Field, eds., The New Dictionary of Christian Ethics and Pastoral Theology. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1995.
	David F. Wright, "Introduction and 'Elsewhere in Edinburgh: Colleges Newer and Older," David F. Wright & Badcock, eds., Disruption to Diversity. pp.vii‑ xxxi, 239-258.
	David F. Wright, "Sixteenth-Century Reformed Perspectives on the Minority Church," J.H. Leith, ed., Calvin Studies VII (Colloquium...Davidson College, NC, January 28-29, 1994) Davidson: Davidson College, 1994. pp.15-29, and in Scottish Journal of Theology 48 (1995): 469-488.
	David F. Wright, "Calvin's 'Accommodation' Revisited," Peter De Klerk, ed., Calvin as Exegete. Papers...Ninth Colloquium on Calvin and Calvin Studies...Princeton Theological Seminary...May 20, 21 and 22, 1993. Grand Rapids: Calvin Studies Society, 1995. pp.171-190.
1996
	David F. Wright, "Recovering Baptism for a New Age of Mission," Donald Lewis & Alister McGrath, eds., Doing Theology for the People of God. Studies in Honor of J I Packer. Downers Grove & Leicester, Inter-Varsity Press, 1996. pp.51-66.
	David F. Wright, "Augustine: His Exegesis and Hermeneutics," Magne Saebo, ed., Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. The History of Its Interpretation I/1. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1996. pp.701-730.
	David F. Wright, "Baptism at the Westminster Assembly," J.H. Leith, ed., The Westminster Confession in Current Thought, Calvin Studies VIII. Davidson: Davidson College, 1996. pp.76-90.
	David F. Wright, "Andrew Hunter of Barjarg (1744-1809): Evangelical Divine in an Age of Improvement," Records of the Scottish Church History Society 26 (1996): 135-168.
1997
	David F. Wright, "Calvin's Accommodating God," W.H. Neuser & B.G. Armstrong, eds., Calvinus Sincerioris Religionis Vindex. Kirksville: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, 1997. [Papers of the Sixth International Congress on Calvin Research].
	David F. Wright, "At What Ages were People Baptized in the Early Centuries? A Quest for Statistics," E.A. Livingstone, ed., Studia Patristica. Louvain: Peeters. [Papers of Twelfth International Conference on Patristic Studies].
	David F. Wright, "The Donatists in the Sixteenth Century," L Grane, A Schindler, M Wriedt, eds., Auctoritas Patrum II. New Contributions on the Reception of the Church Fathers in the 15th and 16th Century, Veröffentlichungen des Instituts fur Europäische Geschichte Mainz, Abteilung Religions-geschichte. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1997.
1998
	David F. Wright, "The Homosexuality Debate and the Reform of the Church," Anvil 15.1 (1998): 22-33.
	David F. Wright, "Martin Bucer," D.K. McKim, ed., Major Biblical Interpreters. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1998.
1999
	David F.Wright, "The Atonement in Reformation Theology," European Journal of Theology 8.1 (1999): 37-48.
	David F. Wright, "1 Corinthians 7:14 in Fathers and Reformers," Patristik in der Bibelexegese des 16 Jahrhunderts. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 1999. pp.93-113.
	David F. Wright, "Infant dedication in the Early Church," Baptism, the New Testament and the Church. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999. pp.352-378.
2001
	David F. Wright, "The Formation Of The Doctrine Of The Trinity In The Early Church," Reformation & Revival 10.3 (Summer 2001): 69-93. pdf
2002
	David F. Wright, "Out, in, out: Jesus' blessing of the Children and Infant Baptism," Dimensions of Baptism. London & New York: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002, pp.188-206.
2003
	David F. Wright, "The Baptismal Community," Bibliotheca Sacra 160 no 637 (Jan.-Mar. 2003): 3-12.
	David F. Wright, "A Race Apart? Jews, Gentiles, Christians," Bibliotheca Sacra 160 no 638 (Apr.-June 2003): 131-141.
	David F. Wright, "A Family Faith: Domestic Discipling," Bibliotheca Sacra 160 no 639 (July-Sept. 2003): 259-268.
	David F. Wright, "The Testimony of Blood: the Charisma of Martyrdom," Bibliotheca Sacra 160 no 640 (Oct.-Dec. 2003): 387-397.
2004
	David F. Wright, "Children, Covenant and the Church," Themelios 29.2 (Spring 2004): 26-39. pdf
2006
	David F. Wright, "Christian Baptism: where do we go from here?" The Evangelical Quarterly 78.2 (Apr.-June 2006): 163-169. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]

Secondary Sources

	Anthony N.S. Lane, Interpreting the Bible. Historical & Theological Studies in honour of David F. Wright. Leicester: Apollos, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 0851114555. pp.308.
	Anthony N.S. Lane, "Baptism in the Thought of David Wright," The Evangelical Quarterly 78.2 (Apr.-June 2006): 137-150. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Derek Tidball, "A Baptist perspective on David Wright, What has Infant Baptism to Baptism?" The Evangelical Quarterly 78.2 (Apr.-June 2006): 157-162. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]