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Published on: 8/13/2009
Last Visited: 8/13/2009
(New Testament Studies, Greek) Shirley Barron is a physician working in public health, general practice, and pathology.
She has taught adult Bible studies over a number of years in several Presbyterian churches, and has been part of a preaching ministry team supplying a rural Pentecostal church.
She is co-founder (with husband) of Mountain Musical Ministries, a teaching ministry in north-east Tennessee, teaching and performing on violin/fiddle.
Over several years, she has translated the Greek New Testament (Metzger, Aland, Black) into everyday spoken English; although not published in print, much of the translation is available on the Internet.
Dr. Barron has a B.A. in religious studies from the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (summa cum laude), an M.A. in Biblical Literature from Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL (cum laude), and M.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Ky (summa cum laude).
She is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honorary Society.
Theological persuasion: Reformed, Pentecostal, Baptist