Grant Macaskill is a Scottish New Testament scholar and Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at Durham University.
Prior to his theological studies, Macaskill studied General Science at the University of Glasgow. [1]
Macaskill was senior lecturer in New Testament at the University of St Andrews, where he had completed both his doctoral and postdoctoral projects. In 2015 he was appointed to the Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Aberdeen. His research engages with the New Testament as a coherent body of theological literature emerging from the diverse contexts of late Second Temple Judaism. His publications have included extensive treatments of theological issues in the New Testament, notably 'Union with Christ', and detailed examination of the transmission of Jewish apocalyptic texts in Christian tradition, particularly 1 Enoch and 2 Enoch. He has completed a study of 'The New Testament and Intellectual Humility', funded by Saint Louis University and the John Templeton Foundation, and is beginning an examination of 'The Ascension of Christ', co-authored with David Moffitt (University of St Andrews). He is also contracted to write a 2-volume theological commentary on Romans for the International Theological Commentary Series (T&T Clark). [2]
In May 2025, he was announced as the next Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at Durham University. [3] He took up the position in September 2025.
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