David N. Bivin (born July 20, 1939, in
Cleveland, Oklahoma
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History
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) is an
Israeli-
American
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biblical scholar, member of the
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. The beginnings of the collegial relationships that forme ...
. His role at the Jerusalem School involves publishing the journal ''Jerusalem Perspective'' and organizing seminars.
Career
''Jerusalem Perspective''
Along with
Jeffrey Magnuson
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, 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
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Chapters
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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.
See also
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Jerusalem school hypothesis
The Jerusalem School Hypothesis is one of many possible solutions to the synoptic problem, that the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew both relied on older texts which are now lost. It was developed by Robert Lindsey, from the Jerusalem ...
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Robert Lisle Lindsey
Robert Lisle Lindsey (1917–1995), founded together with David Flusser the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research.
He spent most of his adult life as pastor in the Holy Land. He is especially known for pastoring the Narkis Street Baptist Church ...
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External links
Biography
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1939 births
Living people
People from Cleveland, Oklahoma
American biblical scholars
American Christian writers
Israeli biblical scholars