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unusual facts about biblical studies



Covenant theology

Meredith G. Kline did pioneering work in the field of Biblical studies, in the 1960s and 1970s, building on prior work by George E. Mendenhall, by identifying the form of the covenant with the common SuzerainVassal treaties of the Ancient Near East in the 2nd millennium BC.

Historical reliability of the Gospels

The Biblical scholar Bart D. Ehrman notes that many current verses were not part of the original text of the New Testament.

Near East School of Theology

The Near East School of Theology (NEST) is an interdenominational Protestant theological seminary serving the Evangelical churches of the Middle East and African churches, and is once again able to accommodate international students who have a special interest in Biblical and Islamic studies in a Middle Eastern context or those especially interested in the Ancient churches.

Nuzi Texts

Nuzi Texts are also an important document for the biblical studies on the Old Testament, especially at the Patriarchal age.

Paul P. Enns

Paul P. Enns (born June 17, 1937) is an evangelical Christian pastor, biblical scholar and writer who serves as a full-time minister at Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, Florida, and as adjunct professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.


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Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies

Degrees awarded by the Department of Biblical Studies are Master of Arts in Religion (MA-R) with emphases in Biblical Studies, Biblical Languages, Old Testament and New Testament; Master of Theology (MTh) with emphases in Old Testament and New Testament; and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Old Testament and New Testament.

Angelo Traina

His Biblical studies resulted in his translating the The Sacred Name New Testament (1950), with C. O. Dodd, the first example of a sacred name Bible.

Archbishop Demetrios of America

From 1983 to 1993, he served as the Distinguished Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Carl Julian Sanders

He was the Co-Founder of the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies for Educational Opportunities, Inc. of Lakeland, Florida, also serving on its Board of Directors (1976-2000).

Catechetical School of Alexandria

Under the leadership of the scholar Pantaenus, the school of Alexandria became an important institution of religious learning, where students were taught by scholars such as Athenagoras, Clement, Didymus, and the great Origen, who was considered the father of theology and who was also active in the field of commentary and comparative Biblical studies.

Codex Tchacos

April D. DeConick (the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University) has published a book, The Thirteenth Apostle: What the Gospel of Judas Really Says, questioning both the National Geographic's handling of the Gospel of Judas' publication and the veracity of its translation.

Donald Fairbairn

He then began an M.Div program at Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West, South Carolina where he was awarded the Kenneth Fitzhugh Morris Award for excellence in Biblical studies.

Edwin M. Yamauchi

Yamauchi has also contributed essays to various reference works in biblical studies and Christian history, and written commentaries on the books of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Expositor's Bible Commentary series that was edited by Frank Gaebelein.

Erling Eidem

He was vicar of Gårdstånga parish 1924-1928 and professor of Biblical studies in Uppsala 1926-1928, and in Lund from 1928 until 1931, when he was elected archbishop of Uppsala.

George F. Moore

George Foot Moore (1851–1931), Harvard University Biblical studies professor

J. Harold Ellens

He is one of the key figures in Psychological biblical criticism, and has served as Chair of the Psychology and Biblical Studies Section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

Michael Holmes

Michael W. Holmes, professor of Biblical Studies and Early Christianity, Bethel University

Ouachita Hills College

As a tutorial center of Griggs University, it offers students several degrees in Biblical Studies, Theology, Business, Christian Media, and Education.

Paul Schenck

Besides his studies at Elim Bible Institute, Paul graduated from Luther Rice University (with a B.A. biblical studies), was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, New Hampshire, (and in Rome) was granted the Graduate Catechetical Diploma by The Most Rev. Paul Laverde, the Bishop of Arlington, Virginia.

Von Hügel Institute

The VHI runs public lectures including the VHI Lecture (delivered in 2012 by Professor Stanley Hauerwas of Duke University, USA and in 2014 will be delivered by the former Irish President Professor Mary McAleese); the Lattey Lecture which examines the links between Catholic Biblical Studies and Catholic Social Teaching (delivered in 2012 by Archbishop Bernard Longley of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, UK and in 2013 by Rev Timothy Radcliffe OP, former Master of the Dominican Order).

William Wand

As a member of the University of Queensland senate, Wand worked to promote biblical studies.