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Phyllis Bird

Phyllis Ann Bird is an American feminist scholar in biblical hermeneutics. She is professor emerita of Old Testament Interpretation at Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary and McCarthy Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. Bird is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, and was one of the translators of the New Revised Standard Version.

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Phyllis Bird
Born1934 (age 91–92)
Other namePhyllis Ann Bird
Ecclesiastical career
ChurchUnited Methodist Church
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ThesisYRŠ and the Deuteronomic Theology of the Conquest (c. 1972)
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DisciplineBiblical studies
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Old Testament studies
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Christian feminism
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Phyllis Ann Bird (born 1934) is an American feminist scholar in biblical hermeneutics.2 She is professor emerita of Old Testament Interpretation at Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary and McCarthy Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute.3 Bird is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church,3 and was one of the translators of the New Revised Standard Version.4

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  1. Pilarski, Ahida E. "Phyllis Ann Bird" (PDF) (in Spanish). Teologanda. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. Drescher, Elizabeth (17 December 2012). "Masculinity and Mass Violence". Religion Dispatches. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  3. "Professor Emerita Phyllis A. Bird Named Inaugural McCarthy Chair in Biblical Studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome". Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  4. "Frequently Asked Questions". NRSV.net. HarperCollins. Retrieved 31 October 2015.