Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
November 6, 1932
Died
October 22, 2018 (age 85)
Place of Birth
Stanwood, Washington, USA
Also Known As
Eugene H. Peterson
Eugene Peterson
Biography
Eugene Hoiland Peterson (November 6, 1932 – October 22, 2018) was an American Presbyterian minister, scholar, theologian, author, and poet. He wrote over 30 books, including the Gold Medallion Book Award–winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (Navpress Publishing Group, 2002), an idiomatic paraphrasing commentary and translation of the Bible into modern American English using a dynamic equivalence translation approach.
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