Raymond Abba

The late Dr Raymond Abba was Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of Durham and chairman of the Association for Religious Education of England and Wales, of which he was a founder member. He lectured throughout the world, also holding chairs in both the USA and Australia. He was the author of Things Which Abide (1944) and Principles of Christian Worship (1957), and was editor of Training the Specialist Religious Education Teacher for Tomorrow (1975) and Religious Education Abroad (1978), as well as contributing to The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (1962), and leading theological journals.