Michael Bird (theologian)
Michael F. Bird is an Australian theologian and New Testament scholar.Biography
In his teenage years, Bird was an atheist who saw Christianity, "as a way of oppressing people, a purely human construct". After becoming a Christian, he has been a Baptist, Presbyterian, and an Anglican. He has recently been called by the reputable evangelical newsletter Eternity News a "heavy hitter" in the world of New Testament scholarship and Jesus's divinity.
Bird is a lecturer at Ridley College, having previously taught at Brisbane School of Theology and Highland Theological College. He studied at Malyon College and the University of Queensland. He is also Distinguished Research Professor of Theology at Houston Baptist University.
Bird has written a number of books, including The New Testament in Its World, Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction and The Gospel of the Lord: How the Early Church Wrote the Story of Jesus. The Gospel of the Lord won the Biblical Studies section of the 2015 Christianity Today Book Awards.. Bird is also the author of an LGBTQ friendly fantasy novel set in the magical land of Iskandar.
Bird is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, Society of Biblical Literature, and Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.Works
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