David Bivin

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

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. 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.

Books

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 * Although similar in title to, it is substantially different in content. Much of the book was initially published in the journal Jerusalem Perspective.
 * Although similar in title to, it is substantially different in content. Much of the book was initially published in the journal Jerusalem Perspective.
 * Although similar in title to, it is substantially different in content. Much of the book was initially published in the journal Jerusalem Perspective.

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.