Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
G. B. Caird

Born: July 17, 1917
Died: April 21, 1984 (aged 66)
Bio: George Bradford "G. B." Caird was an English churchman, theologian, humanitarian, and biblical scholar. At the time of his death he was Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford.
Known for:
- New Testament theology
- The Language and Imagery of the Bible (1980)
- The Gospel of St. Luke (1963)