William D. Mounce (born 17 February 1953) is a scholar of
New Testament Greek.
William Mounce is the son of a noted scholar
Robert H. Mounce
Robert Hayden Mounce (December 30, 1921 – January 24, 2019) was an American New Testament scholar, and president emeritus of Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington.
Mounce was born in LaSalle, Illinois, in December 1921 and raised in Minot, ...
. He lives as a writer in
Washougal
Washougal ( ) is a city in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 17,039 as of the 2020 census.
History
Washougal was officially incorporated on December 4, 1908. Its Mount Pleasant Grange Hall is the oldest continually u ...
, Washington. He is the President of Biblical Training, a non-profit organization offering educational resources for discipleship in the local church. He also runs Teknia, a site committed to helping people learn
New Testament Greek. At his personal site, he also wrote
blogs
A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order ...
like:
*''Monday with Mounce'', which discusses issues of Greek translation
*''Life as a Journey'', which covers spiritual issues specifically connected to new Christians
He was a preaching pastor at a church in Spokane, WA, and prior to that a professor of New Testament and director of the Greek Program at
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He also taught at
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa Pacific University (APU) is a private, evangelical Christian university in Azusa, California. The university was founded in 1899, with classes opening on March 3, 1900, in Whittier, California, and began offering degrees in 1939. The uni ...
for ten years. Mounce authored the bestselling Greek textbook, ''Basics of Biblical Greek'', which won a 2003 Reader's Preference Editor's Choice Award in the Sacred Texts category.
/sup>. He was the New Testament chair of the English Standard Version translation of the Bible, and serves on the NIV translation committee. Bill and Robin have been married since 1983 and have three adult children.
Education
*Ph.D. 1981, in New Testament. Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, Scotland.
*M.A. 1977, in Biblical Studies. Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.
*B.A. 1975, in Biblical Studies, minor in Greek. Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota; Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1971-74.
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External links
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Textbook siteInstitute of Theological Studies's mini-bio
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Living people
People from Washougal, Washington
American biblical scholars
New Testament scholars
Scholars of Koine Greek
1953 births
Western Kentucky University alumni
Bethel University (Minnesota) alumni
Fuller Theological Seminary alumni
Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
Azusa Pacific University faculty
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary faculty
Translators of the Bible into English