Michael Bird

{{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = | name = Michael F. Bird | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Paderborn, West Germany | death_date = | region = | nationality = Australian | occupation = Academic Dean and Lecturer in Theology and New Testament, Ridley College (Melbourne) | period = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | education = | alma_mater = Ph.D., University of Queensland | thesis_title = Many will come from the East and the West: Jesus and the Origins of the Gentile Mission | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 2005 | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = Rick Strelan & Robert L. Webb | academic_advisors = | influences = | era = | discipline = New Testament and Theology | sub_discipline = Pauline studies, Christology, Patristics | workplaces = | main_interests = | notable_works = The New Testament in Its World"; "Evangelical Theology"; "The Gospel of the Lord"; "Romans" in the Story of God Commentary Series | notable_ideas = | influenced = | website =www.patheos.com/blogs/euangelion }} Michael F. Bird (born 18 November 1974, Paderborn, West Germany) is an Australian Anglican priest, theologian, and New Testament scholar. Biography In his teenage years, Bird was an atheist who saw Christianity, "as a way of oppressing people, a purely human construct.” After becoming a Christian, he has been a Baptist, Presbyterian, and (most recently) an Anglican. He has recently been called by the ecumenical media platform Eternity a "heavy hitter" in the world of New Testament scholarship and Jesus's divinity. Bird is Academic Dean and a lecturer at Ridley College, having previously taught at Brisbane School of Theology and Highland Theological College. He studied at Malyon College and the University of Queensland. He is also Distinguished Research Professor of Theology at Houston Baptist University.