Robert Hayden Mounce (December 30, 1921 – January 24, 2019) was an American

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...

scholar, and president emeritus of

Whitworth University Whitworth University is a private, Christian university affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Spokane, Washington. Founded in 1890, Whitworth enrolls nearly 3,000 students and offers more than 100 graduate and undergraduate ...

Spokane, Washington Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Cana ...

. Mounce was born in

LaSalle, Illinois LaSalle is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, located at the intersection of Interstates 39 and 80. It is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. Originally platted in 1837 over , the city's boundaries have grown ...

, in December 1921 and raised in

Minot, North Dakota Minot ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Ward County, North Dakota, United States, in the state's north-central region. It is most widely known for the Air Force base approximately north of the city. With a population of 48,377 at the 2 ...

. During the Second World War, he served as a dive bomber pilot in the Naval Air Corps (1943–1946). After the war, he taught public school and served as a missionary in Guatemala, where he was director of the Christian radio station TGNA. He married Jean McTavish in 1952. Mounce graduated with a BA in music in 1953 from the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...

, and he also studied at

Multnomah School of the Bible Multnomah University (MU) is a private Christian university in Portland, Oregon. Composed of a college, seminary, graduate school, and online distance-learning program, the university offers bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees, as well as ...

. He earned a ThM in New Testament from

Fuller Theological Seminary Fuller Theological Seminary is an interdenominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Pasadena, California, with regional campuses in the western United States. It is egalitarian in nature. Fuller consistently has a student body that compr ...

, and a PhD from the

University of Aberdeen , mottoeng = The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom , established = , type = Public research universityAncient university , endowment = £58.4 million (2021) , budget ...

. Mounce taught at Bethel College and Seminary and was Dean of the Arts and Humanities Department at

Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier. It operates regional campuses in Glasgow, Elizabethtow ...

before becoming president of

Whitworth College Whitworth University is a private, Christian university affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Spokane, Washington. Founded in 1890, Whitworth enrolls nearly 3,000 students and offers more than 100 graduate and undergraduate ...

. After retiring from Whitworth, Dr. Mounce served as the senior pastor of Christ Community Church, Walnut Creek, California, until 1991. Mounce wrote commentaries on

Revelation In religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through communication with a deity or other supernatural entity or entities. Background Inspiration – such as that bestowed by God on the ...

(),

Romans Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

(), and Matthew (). He was a member of the translation teams for the New International Version, the

New Living Translation The New Living Translation (NLT) is an English translation of the Bible. The origin of the NLT came from a project aiming to revise '' The Living Bible'' (TLB). This effort eventually led to the creation of the NLT—a new translation separat ...

, and the English Standard Version. He died in January 2019 at the age of 97. His older son, William D. Mounce, is also a New Testament scholar. His younger son, David McTavish Mounce, is an aerospace designer and inventor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mounce, Robert H. 1921 births 2019 deaths Alumni of the University of Aberdeen American biblical scholars Bethel University (Minnesota) faculty Bible commentators Fuller Theological Seminary alumni Military personnel from Illinois Multnomah University alumni New Testament scholars People from Minot, North Dakota People from LaSalle, Illinois Seminary presidents Translators of the Bible into English University of Washington School of Music alumni Western Kentucky University faculty Whitworth University faculty Writers from Illinois Writers from North Dakota 20th-century translators