Japan Bible Seminary
Encyclopedia
Japan Bible Seminary is an evangelical
Christian
seminary located in Hamura, Tokyo
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JBS is first founded in 1958 in Suginami,Tokyo by Junichi Funiki and Akira Hatori. And it moved to Hamura,Tokyo in 1989
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
seminary located in Hamura, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
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JBS is first founded in 1958 in Suginami,Tokyo by Junichi Funiki and Akira Hatori. And it moved to Hamura,Tokyo in 1989
Notable faculty
- Yoshiyuki Muchiki—the principal of JBS and Old Testament scholar
- David Toshio TsumuraDavid Toshio Tsumurais a Japanese linguist, Old Testament scholar, Dean of Faculty and professor of Old Testament professor of Japan Bible Seminary. His degrees are M.Div., M.A., Ph.D. He is a chairman of the Tokyo Museum of Biblical Archaeology, and editor of Exegetica: Studies in Biblical Exegesis and chairman of...
-- Old Testament scholar and research professor of Old Testament
Notable alumni
- Sueo Oshima--A scholar of Karl BarthKarl BarthKarl Barth was a Swiss Reformed theologian whom critics hold to be among the most important Christian thinkers of the 20th century; Pope Pius XII described him as the most important theologian since Thomas Aquinas...
- Kazuhiko Uchida -- noted Christian author and pastor and former dean of Japan Bible Seminary
- Yoshiyuki Muchiki--Old Testament scholar and the principal of Japan Bible Seminary.
- Yoshinobu Endo-- He was a noted Christian author and Old Testament.