David N. Bivin (; born July 20, 1939, in Cleveland, Oklahoma) is an

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, p ...

biblical scholar, member of the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research. His role at the Jerusalem School involves publishing the journal ''Jerusalem Perspective'' and organizing seminars.

Career

''Jerusalem Perspective''

Along with Jeffrey Magnuson, Bivin founded ''Jerusalem Perspective'' in 1987 as a monthly, four-page newsletter. Later it became a quarterly, forty-page, full-color magazine. From 1987-1999, ''Jerusalem Perspective'' published fifty-six print issues, after which it transitioned to an online-only distribution format.http://www.jerusalemperspective.com. Bivin serves as its publisher and editor.

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 immigrated to Israel in 1963. Bivin served as a sergeant in an Israeli army reserve infantry unit from 1974 to 1991. He and his wife currently reside in a suburb of Jerusalem, Israel.

Works

Books

* * * *

Chapters

Journals edited

* Jerusalem perspective Online. Jerusalem, Israel: David Bivin, 1999-now. * Jerusalem perspective : a monthly report on research into the words of Jesus. Jerusalem, Israel: David Bivin, 1987-1999.

References

External links

Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bivin, David 1939 births Living people 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century Christian biblical scholars 20th-century evangelicals 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century Christian biblical scholars 21st-century evangelicals American biblical scholars American Evangelical writers American male non-fiction writers American religious writers Israeli biblical scholars People from Cleveland, Oklahoma