Dr. Steven Bishop

Dr. Steven Bishop is Assistant Professor of Old Testament at the Seminary of the Southwest. He came to the seminary from the Boston area in 2004 where he earned three graduate degrees and taught at several universities. Formerly an ordained minister of the Church of Christ, he served churches in Texas and Massachusetts before beginning graduate studies in the early 1990s.

Dr. Bishop’s academic interests include the poetry of the Hebrew Bible and literary translations of it into English, and the influence of Hellenistic thought on Hebrew wisdom literature. In addition to writing book reviews and presenting scholarly papers, Dr. Bishop assisted the well known Old Testament scholar Bernhard Anderson in editing and revising two books: Out of the Depths: The Psalms Speak for us Today and Contours of OldTestament Theology. Dr. Bishop worked again with Anderson as an editor and contributor for the fifth edition of Understanding the Old Testament. That book was published in spring 2006.

Dr. Bishop hold the Bachelor of Science degree from Abilene Christian University; the Master of Science from Texas A&M University; the Master of Theological Studies from Boston University School of Theology; and, the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Boston University.

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