following an invitation to give lectures back in Hong Kong that he decided to resign his orders as a priest which he did in 1981, though he never became an aggressive atheist. Goulder was a Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion (CSER) which is a division of the Council for Secular Humanism and became President of Birmingham Humanists in 1993 shortly before retiring from academic life. Publications Books Type and History in Acts, London: SPCK, 1964. Midrash and Lection in Matthew, London: SPCK, 1974. The Evangelists' Calendar: A Lectionary Explanation of the Development of Scripture, London: SPCK, 1978. The Psalms of the Sons of Korah. JSOT Supplement 20. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1982. Why Believe in God?, with John Hick. London: SCM Press, 1983. The Song of Fourteen Songs. JSOT Supplement 36. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1986. Luke: A New Paradigm. Journal for the study of the New Testament Supplement, 20. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1989 [two volumes] The Prayers of David (Psalms 51-72). Studies in the Psalter, II, JSOT Supplement 102. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1990. A Tale of Two Missions, London: SCM Press 1994 [US publication: St. Paul versus St. Peter: A Tale of Two Missions, Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1995] St. Paul versus St. Peter: A Tale of Two Missions, London: SCM Press 1994 The Psalms of Asaph and the Pentateuch. Studies in the Psalter, III. JSOT Supplement 233. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996. The Psalms of the Return (Book V, Psalms 107-150). Studies in the Psalter, IV. JSOT Supplement 258, Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998. Paul and the Competing Mission in Corinth, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2001. Isaiah as Liturgy, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004. Five Stones and a Sling: Memoirs of a Biblical Scholar, Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2009. For articles and chapters consult the comprehensive bibliography compiled by Mark Goodacre, linked below. References External links Comprehensive bibliography of Michael Goulder's works, compiled by Mark Goodacre 1927 births 2010 deaths Academics of the University of Birmingham Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British biblical scholars People educated at Eton College Synoptic problem Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford British humanists Presidents of the Society for Old Testament Study