John Donald Wilkinson

John Donald Wilkinson (born March 28, 1929 in Wimbledon (London) , † January 13, 2018 ) was a British Anglican church historian .

Life

He first studied Classics at Merton College in Oxford and then theology at Cuddesdon Theological College. In 1954 he became a deacon and in 1957 he was ordained a priest. He was then a curator at St. Dunstan and All Saints in Stepney for three years . After a brief period of teaching at Ely Theological College in 1960, Wilkinson went to Jerusalem as a tutor at St. George's College in 1961 . In 1963 he returned to London and worked at the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. In 1969 he returned to Jerusalem, where he became Dean of Studies at St. George's College. In 1975 he returned to London where he became Episcopal Director of Clergy Training and Curate of Holy Trinity, Kensington Gore, and All Saints, Ennismore Gardens. From 1979 to 1984 he was director of the British School of Archeology in Jerusalem .

Fonts (selection)

• Egeria's Travels to the Holy Land. 1971.
• Jerusalem as Jesus knew it. Archeology as evidence. London 1978, ISBN 0-500-27099-6 .
• Column Capitals in al Haram al Sharif (from 138 AD to 1118 AD). Jerusalem 1987.
• (Ed.): Jerusalem pilgrimage, 1099–1185. London 1988, ISBN 0-904180-21-2 .
• Jerusalem pilgrims before the crusades. Warminster 2002, ISBN 0-85668-746-4 .
• From synagogue to church. The traditional design. Its beginning, its definition, its end . London 2002, ISBN 0-7007-1320-4 .

literature

• Denys Pringle : The Revd John Donald Wilkinson (1929-2018) . In: Levant 49, 2017, pp. 233–236 ( digitized version ):