Vivian, Tim

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Vivian, Tim
Date of birth
1951-07-28
Occupation
Clergy
Translators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 66789725
Wikidata: Q51754971
Library of congress: n 87843626
Sources of Information
  • Four Desert Fathers, 2004:title page (translated, with introductions, by Tim Vivian) back cover (The Reverend Dr Tim Vivian; Lecturer in Religious Studies at California State University, Bakersfield)
  • Paphnutius. Histories of the monks of upper Egypt ; and, The life of Onnophrius, 1993:CIP title page (Tim Vivian) data sheet (born July 28, 1951) book title page (translated, with an introduction, by Tim Vivian)
  • Saint Peter of Alexandria, 1988:title page (Tim Vivian)
  • The American University in Cairo Press, viewed 2025-11-19:Authors (Tim Vivian is professor emeritus of religious studies at California State University, Bakersfield, and a retired priest of the Episcopal Church. He has published, among many books, The Life of Antony (with Apostolos N. Athanassakis, 2003), Becoming Fire: Through the Year with the Desert Fathers and Mothers (2009), The Life of Bishoi: The Greek, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopic Lives (with Maged S.A. Mikhail, AUC Press, 2022), and Exhortation to the Monks by Hyperechios: Reflections on the Spiritual Journey (AUC Press, 2024))
  • The teachings of Neilos of Ancyra, 2025:ECIP title page (Tim Vivian)
  • Wikipedia, viewed November 28, 2025(Tim Vivian; b. 1951; American scholar of early Christianity; Coptologist; Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, California State University, Bakersfield; retired priest of the Episcopal Church; B.A. English, M.A. comparative literature, and Ph.D. classics, history and religious studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A. American literature, California Polytechnic State University; M.Div., Church Divinity School of the Pacific; taught at CSUB, 1990-2022; vicar of Grace/St. Paul's, 2007-2017; honorary Doctor of Divinity, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2018; he is also a published poet; publications include: Saint Peter of Alexandria, Four Desert Fathers, and Neilos of Ancyra)
  • LCN ; note: b. 1951

Wikipedia description:

Tim Vivian (born 1951) is an American scholar of early Christianity and Coptologist. He is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at California State University, Bakersfield (or CSUB), and a retired priest of the Episcopal Church (United States).

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