Phyllis Bird

{{Short description|American feminist scholar}}

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| name = Phyllis Bird

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1934}}

| birth_place = Urbana, Illinois, US{{cite web |last=Pilarski |first=Ahida E. |title=Phyllis Ann Bird |url=http://teologanda.org/privado/files/2012/03/Bird.pdf |language=es |publisher=Teologanda |access-date=November 7, 2019 |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107052112/http://teologanda.org/privado/files/2012/03/Bird.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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| other_names = Phyllis Ann Bird

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| church = United Methodist Church

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| alma_mater = {{ubl | Union Theological Seminary | Harvard University}}

| thesis_title = YRŠ and the Deuteronomic Theology of the Conquest

| thesis_year = {{circa|1972}}

| school_tradition = Christian feminism

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| discipline = Biblical studies

| sub_discipline = Old Testament studies

| workplaces = {{ubl | Southern Methodist University | Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary}}

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Phyllis Ann Bird (born 1934) is an American feminist scholar in biblical hermeneutics.{{cite news|last1=Drescher|first1=Elizabeth|title=Masculinity and Mass Violence|url=http://religiondispatches.org/masculinity-and-mass-violence/|accessdate=31 October 2015|work=Religion Dispatches|date=17 December 2012}} She is Professor Emerita of Old Testament Interpretation at Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary and McCarthy Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute.{{cite web|title=Professor Emerita Phyllis A. Bird Named Inaugural McCarthy Chair in Biblical Studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome|url=https://www.garrett.edu/news/professor-emerita-phyllis-bird-named-inaugural-mccarthy-chair-biblical-studies-pontifical|publisher=Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary|accessdate=31 October 2015}} Bird is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, and was one of the translators of the New Revised Standard Version.{{cite web|title=Frequently Asked Questions|url=http://www.nrsv.net/about/faqs/|website=NRSV.net|publisher=HarperCollins|accessdate=31 October 2015}}