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David Alan Black
Born (1952-06-09) June 9, 1952 (age 71)
Honolulu, Hawaii
NationalityAmerican
TitleProfessor of New Testament and Greek
Academic background
EducationBiola University, Talbot School of Theology, Jerusalem University College, Israel
Alma materUniversity of Basel, Switzerland
ThesisThe Pauline Weakness Motif (1983)
Doctoral advisorBo Reicke
Academic work
InstitutionsBiola University, Grace Graduate School, Grace Theological Seminary, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

David Alan Black (born 9 June 1952, Honolulu, Hawaii) is Professor of New Testament and Greek and the Dr. M. O. Owens Jr. Chair of New Testament Studies at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.[1] He specialises in New Testament Greek grammar (Koine Greek), the application of linguistics to the study of the Greek New Testament, and New Testament textual criticism.

Biography

Black was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.[2] In 1975, Black finished his studies at the Biola University. In 1983 he received a D.Theol. at the University of Basel. He taught at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary since 1998, and taught Greek to seminary students and church leaders in several different countries.

David Alan Black argues that Greek is an essential language to learn to understand the Bible (thus his 1993 book Learn to Read New Testament Greek), and seeks to connect his students with the holiness of the Greek grammar.[3]

In April 2012, he became the first recipient of the Dr. M.O. Owens Jr. Chair of New Testament Studies endowed by the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.[4]

Works

n.b. Black has written extensively - particularly on the subject of the biblical languages.[5]

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References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2016-04-16.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Black, It's All Greek to Me: Confessions of an Unlikely Academic, 2.
  3. ^ Wayne Slusser (30 September 2010). "Dave Black on What Greek Teachers Won't Tell You". Ntresources.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. ^ Dianna L. Cagle (21 May 2019). "M.O. Owens, 105, spent life preaching the gospel". Brnow.org. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  5. ^ "The Publications of David Alen Black". Retrieved March 7, 2019.

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