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Moisés Silva (born September 4, 1945) is a Cuban-born American biblical scholar and translator.
Life
He was born in Havana, Cuba, and has lived in the US since 1960.[citation needed]
Education
Silva holds degrees from
James Barr.[1] The latter's The Semantics of Biblical Language (1961) was a strong influence on Silva's Biblical Words and Their Meaning (1983, 2nd ed. 1994), which challenged many common linguistic fallacies in biblical interpretation.[clarification needed][citation needed
]
Academic work
He has taught
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (1996–2000),[2] where he was the Mary French Rockefeller Distinguished Professor of New Testament until his retirement. A past president of the Evangelical Theological Society (1997), Silva for many years had been an ordained minister of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.[citation needed
]
Writings
He served as a translator of the Walter Kaiser, Jr.). He is editor of the second edition of the New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis (NIDNTTE),[7] formerly edited by Colin Brown. He currently resides in Litchfield, Michigan, where he continues his work as an author and editor.[citation needed]
Works
- Silva, Moisés (1985). Biblical Words and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Lexical Semantics. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. p. 228. ISBN 9780310276197.
- ———; ISBN 9780310279518.
- ———, ed. (1996). Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. p. 690. ISBN 9780310208280.
- ———; ISBN 9780801031151.
- ———; ISBN 9780801031151.
- ——— (2011). The Essential Companion to Life in Bible Times: Key Insights for Reading God's Word. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. p. 144. ISBN 9780310286882.
- ——— (2011). The Essential Bible Dictionary: Key Insights for Reading God's Word. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. p. 240. ISBN 9780310278214.
- ———, ed. (2014). New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. p. 3552. ISBN 9780310276197.
References
- ^ Silva 1985, pp. 11.
- ^ Beale & Carson 2007, pp. 9.
- ^ NASB, Lockman.
- ^ "Meet the scholars", Discover the NLT, New living translation.
- ^ "Team", Translation, ESV
- ^ "Descriptions", Library thing.
- ^ New international dictionary of New testament Theology & exegesis set, Zondervan.
Sources
- Beale, G. K.; Carson, D. A., eds. (2007). Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament. Baker Books. ISBN 978-1441210524.
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