Ron Price

I was born on 5 Nov 1937 in Bradford, W.Yorkshire and educated at the Bradford Grammar School. I studied physics at King's College London, graduating with a B.Sc. in 1958. This was followed by two years' Alternative National Service in nursing as a 'conscientious objector'. I embarked on a theological degree at the London Bible College in 1960, but after two years decided that I could no longer accept their conservative approach to the bible, and transferred to New College, London where I spent a further two years in preparation for the Congregational ministry. I graduated with a B.D. from London University in 1963, obtaining the 'Hywel Hughes New Testament Proficiency Prize' from New College. I was ordained as a Congregational minister at Barnard Castle, County Durham in 1964, but resigned a year later because of some doubts concerning theology. I joined Rolls-Royce in Derby where I worked in computing for 28 years, latterly attaining the post of Engineering Database Manager. In the 1970s I resumed an interest in the New Testament, especially the formation of its documents and the history behind them. I took early retirement in 1994, partly to have more time for my New Testament studies. I am married with two grown-up children.