Philip H. Towner (born 1953) is dean of the
Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship at the American Bible Society, New York City. He is also research professor of New Testament at
Ewangelikalna Szkola Teologiczna in
Wrocław, Poland. He has been a faculty member of
Regent College
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(Vancouver, B.C.) and the
University of Aberdeen
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.
He is also a translation scholar with particular experience in SE Asia and the Americas.
Towner has served as Director of Translation Services for the United Bible Societies.
[ He was also a founding member of the journal '']Translation
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''.
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NSTS profile for Towner
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1953 births
Living people
Bible commentators
Academics of the University of Aberdeen
Alumni of the University of Aberdeen