William D. Mounce
William D. Mounce is an American scholar of New Testament Greek. He has also worked as an author, teacher and preacher.
Education
- Ph.D. 1981, in New Testament. Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, Scotland.
- M.A. 1977, in Biblical Studies. Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.
- B.A. 1975, in Biblical Studies, minor in Greek. Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota; Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1971–74.
Career
He was the New Testament chair of the English Standard Version translation of the Bible, and serves on the New International Version translation committee.
He is the founder and president of Biblical Training, a non-profit organization offering educational resources for discipleship in the local church. At his personal site, he also writes blogs including Monday with Mounce and Greek Word for the Day.
Mounce authored the bestselling Greek textbook, Basics of Biblical Greek, which won a 2003 Reader's Preference Editor's Choice Award in the Sacred Texts category.
Personal life
William Mounce is the son of the noted scholar Robert H. Mounce.He has been married to Robin since 1983 and they have three adult children.
William and Robin live in Ione, Washington.