William D. Mounce
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William D. Mounce | |
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| Born | February 17, 1953 Pasadena, California |
| Occupation | New Testament Greek scholar |
| Title | Former professor of New Testament and director of the Greek Program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |
| Spouse | Robin |
| Children | Three children |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Bethel College, St. Paul; Western Kentucky University; Fuller Theological Seminary; Aberdeen University |
| Alma mater | Aberdeen University(PhD) |
| Thesis | (1981) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | New Testament Greek studies |
| Institutions | Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |
| Notable works | Basics of Biblical Greek |
| Website | billmounce.com |
William D. Mounce (born 17 February 1953) is a scholar of New Testament Greek.
William Mounce is the son of noted scholar Robert H. Mounce. He lives as a writer in Washougal, Washington. He is the President of BiblicalTraining, a non-profit organization offering educational resources for discipleship in the local church. He also runs Teknia, a site committed to helping people learn biblical Greek. At his personal site, he writes three blogs.
- Monday with Mounce discusses issues of Greek translation
- Life as a Journey covers spiritual issues specifically connected to new Christians
- Bill and Bob's Blog is for various topics, written by Bill and his dad
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 for ten years. Bill 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.[1]. He was the New Testament chair of the English Standard Version translation of the Bible, and is serving on the NIV translation committee. Bill and Robin have been married since 1983 and have three 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.
Works
- Mounce, William D. (1993). The Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-54210-0.
- ——— (1994). The Morphology of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-22636-9.
- ———; Hughes, John J. (1996). God's Word Complete Concordance. God's Word Series. Cleveland, OH & New York, NY: World Publishing. ISBN 978-0-5291-0469-4.
- ——— (1996). A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-20582-1.
- ——— (2000). 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus. Word Biblical Commentary. Vol. 46. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0-8499-0245-1.
- ——— (2000). The NIV English-Greek New Testament: A Reverse Interlinear. Zondervan Interpreting the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-20377-3.
- ——— (2002). The Crossway Comprehensive Concordance of the Holy Bible: English Standard Version. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. ISBN 978-1-581-34386-1.
- ——— (2003). Greek for the Rest of Us. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-27710-1.
- ——— (2003). Basics of Biblical Greek: Grammar (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
- ——— (2003). Basics of Biblical Greek: Workbook (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-25086-9.
- ——— (2006). Interlinear for the Rest of Us: The Reverse Interlinear for New Testament Word Studies.
- ——— (2006). Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-24878-1.
- ———; Mounce, Robert H., eds. (2008). Greek and English Interlinear (NASB/NIV). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0310241393.
- ———; Mounce, Robert H., eds. (2008). Greek and English Interlinear (KJV/NIV). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-24164-5.
- ——— (2009). Basics of Biblical Greek: Grammar (3rd ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-28768-1.
- ——— (2003). Basics of Biblical Greek: Workbook (3rd ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-28767-4.
- ——— (2011). Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-32606-9.
External links
- 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