Sidney Jellicoe (25 August 1906 – 24 November 1973) was a British-Canadian dean emeritus, biblical scholar, Harrold professor of Divinity,^[1] theological educator, and priest.^[2][3][4][5]

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Sidney Jellicoe
Born	25 August 1906
Died	24 November 1973  (aged 67) Sherbrooke Hospital
Education	Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Civil Law
Occupation	University teacher, editor, writer, biblical scholar
Employer	Bishop's University (1952–1973) International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (1968–1973) University of Oxford (1971–1973)
Awards	honorary doctorate
Position held	academic dean (Bishop's University)

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He was a scholar of St Chad's College, Durham. After being ordained by Archbishop William Temple in York Minster in 1934, he served as a parish priest in England for eleven years, then for eight years was Chaplain and Lecturer at Bishop Otter Training College, Chichester. In 1952, he became Dean of Divinity and Harrold Professor at Bishop's University,^[6] Lennoxville, Quebec.^[7][8] In 1966, he became Dean of Theology and in 1971 Dean Emeritus, as well as first Chairman of the Division of Graduate Studies.^[2]

He also wrote a number of articles for learned journals, such as New Testament Studies and the Catholic Biblical Quarterly. In 1968, his definitive work on 20th century Septuagint studies was published by Oxford Clarendon Press, entitled The Septuagint and Modern Study.

• Sidney Jellicoe (1968). The Septuagint and modern study. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198266174. OCLC 362777.
• Sebastian P. Brock; Charles Theodore Fritsch; Sidney Jellicoe (1973-06-01). A classified bibliography of the Septuagint. Arbeiten zur Literatur und Geschichte des Hellenistischen Judentums. Vol. 6. Leiden: Netherlands: E. J. Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004331822. ISBN 978-90-04-03596-6. OCLC 760456592.
• Sidney Jellicoe (1974). Studies in the Septuagint: origins, recensions, ad interpretations: selected essays. New York: Library of biblical studies. OCLC 470456469.