J. Alec Motyer

The Reverend
J. Alec Motyer
Born
John Alexander Motyer

(1924-08-30)30 August 1924
Dublin, Ireland
Died26 August 2016(2016-08-26) (aged 91)
NationalityIrish
Ecclesiastical career
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained
  • 1947 (deacon)
  • 1948 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineBiblical studies
School or traditionEvangelical Anglicanism
Institutions
Notable works
  • The Prophecy of Isaiah (1993)
  • Isaiah (1999)

John Alexander Motyer (30 August 1924 – 26 August 2016), known as J. Alec Motyer, was an Irish biblical scholar. He was Vice-Principal of Clifton Theological College and vicar of St. Luke's, Hampstead, and Christ Church, Westbourne (Bournemouth) (1981–1989), before becoming Principal of Trinity College, Bristol. He spent his later years in Poynton, Cheshire.

Motyer was born in Dublin on 30 August 1924 and educated at The High School, Dublin, before going to Trinity College, Dublin, where he received Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Divinity degrees. He trained to become an Anglican minister at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.

Tremper Longman III describes him as a "competent and popular expositor",[1] while Tim Keller has said that Motyer and Edmund Clowney were "the fathers of my preaching ministry".[2] By contrast, Motyer's own opinion of himself was, "I’m not really a scholar. I’m just a man who loves the Word of God.”[3]

He died on 26 August 2016.[4]

  1. ^ Tremper Longman III, Old Testament Commentary Survey, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999), 150.
  2. ^ Mesa, Ivan. "Whom Do Tim Keller and Don Carson Look Up To?". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. ^ "J. Alec Motyer - Banner of Truth". 9 May 2000. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. ^ Cameron, Julia (9 September 2016). "The Revd Dr John Alexander Motyer". Church Times. London. Retrieved 30 October 2019.