David Bivin
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David Bivin is a biblical scholar, member of the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research
and author of New Light on the Difficult Words of Jesus: Insights from His Jewish Context. His role at the Jerusalem School involves publishing the journal Jerusalem Perspective (Online) and organizing seminars.
Bivin's second major work, New Light on the Difficult Words of Jesus: Insights from His Jewish Context, shares a similar title with his first book, but reflects 20 more years of scholarship and is substantially different in content. Rather than focusing on language issues, it examines Jesus' teachings within their first-century Jewish context. Marvin Wilson, Professor, Gordon College, calls it "a valuable resource for every serious student of Scripture." The book includes much content initially published in the journal Jerusalem Perspective.
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Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research
The Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research is a consortium of Jewish and Christian scholars that study the Synoptic Gospels in light of the historic, linguistic and cultural milieu of Jesus...
and author of New Light on the Difficult Words of Jesus: Insights from His Jewish Context. His role at the Jerusalem School involves publishing the journal Jerusalem Perspective (Online) and organizing seminars.
Works
He is well known among lay readers for his co-authored book Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus: New Insights from a Hebraic Perspective and his book New Light on the Difficult Words of JesusBivin's second major work, New Light on the Difficult Words of Jesus: Insights from His Jewish Context, shares a similar title with his first book, but reflects 20 more years of scholarship and is substantially different in content. Rather than focusing on language issues, it examines Jesus' teachings within their first-century Jewish context. Marvin Wilson, Professor, Gordon College, calls it "a valuable resource for every serious student of Scripture." The book includes much content initially published in the journal Jerusalem Perspective.
Methodology
Bivin's work sometimes involves taking a Greek phrase from the Bible, attempting to uncover what the underlying Hebrew idiom would have been, and then translating and interpreting the idiom, in other words relating a Greek text to its Hebrew equivalent, then translating it to English.Family
David Bivin and his wife currently reside in a suburb of Jerusalem, Israel. His brother is Senior Warden of St. Thomas Anglican ChurchSt. Thomas Anglican Church (Mountain Home, Arkansas)
St. Thomas Anglican Church is located in Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas and is the seat for Bishop Sam Seamans.-Founding:The church was founded on August 8, 2004 and became a parish in the United Episcopal Church of North America, which is a jurisdiction of the Continuing Anglican...
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