{{Short description|American Catholic theologian (1971-)}} {{Infobox person | name = John Bergsma | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = United States | occupation = Professor of Theology | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''John Bergsma''' is an American Catholic scholar.
== Career == Bergsma serves as a professor of theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Steubenville, Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.franciscan.edu/faculty/BergsmaJ/ |title=Franciscan University of Steubenville (Faculty, Dr. John Bergsma) |access-date=2012-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713090523/http://www.franciscan.edu/faculty/BergsmaJ/ |archive-date=2012-07-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He holds a Master of Theology degree from Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He also holds a doctorate of philosophy in theology from the University of Notre Dame. His specialized study is that of the Old Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls. He grew up as a Calvinist and served as a Protestant pastor for four years before converting to Catholicism in 2001.<ref>[https://www.johnbergsma.com/biography/ Dr. John Bergsma, official website (Dr. Bergsma's Biography & CV)]</ref>
Bergsma's study of ancient scripture and the Dead Sea Scrolls have spawned multiple articles and publications, including his book ''The Jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran: A History of Interpretation''. He has written several scholarly articles, some of which were co-authored by Catholic apologist and theologian Dr. Scott Hahn. Additionally, Bergsma has taken part in several seminars and discussions, including the Enoch seminar and that of the Jubilee. Bergsma routinely participates in lectures on his studies, and has contributed to media productions distributed by Lighthouse Catholic Media. With regard to the discovery and study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, his focus often includes how the scrolls reaffirm Catholic doctrine, tradition, and practices.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org/store/title/the-dead-sea-scrolls/ |title=Lighthouse Catholic Media - ''The Dead Sea Scrolls: Shedding New Light on the Scriptures and the Church'' |access-date=2012-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916024509/http://www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org/store/title/the-dead-sea-scrolls |archive-date=2012-09-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.salvationhistory.com/blog/john_bergsma_on_the_dead_sea_scrolls/ St. Paul Center For Biblical Theology - ''John Bergsma On The Dead Sea Scrolls'' (Posted by Dr. Michael Barber on 11/10/2011), Retrieved 07/19/2012]</ref>
==Books== * {{cite book |title=The Jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran: A History of Interpretation |series=Vetus Testamentum Supplements | volume=115 |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill Academic Publishers |year=2007 |isbn=9789004152991}} * {{cite book |title=Bible Basics For Catholics: A New Picture of Salvation History |publisher=Ave Maria Press |year=2012 |isbn=9781594712913}} * {{cite book |title=New Testament Basics for Catholics |publisher=Ave Maria Press |year=2015 |isbn=9781594715822}} * {{cite book |title=Stunned by Scripture: How the Bible Brought Me Home |publisher=Our Sunday Visitor |year=2017 |isbn=9781612783932}} * ''Psalm Basics for Catholics: Seeing Salvation History in a New Way''. Ave Maria Press 2018. {{ISBN|1594717931}}. * With Brant Pitre ''A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament''. Ignatius Press, 2018. {{ISBN|1586177222}}. * ''Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Revealing the Jewish Roots of Christianity''. Image. 2019. {{ISBN|1984823124}}. * With Jeffrey L. Morrow. {{cite book |title=Murmuring Against Moses: The Contentious History and Contested Future of Pentateuchal Studies |publisher=Emmaus Academic |year=2023 |isbn=9781645851493 |series= |volume= |location=Steubenville}}
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==External links== * {{Official website}} * [http://www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org/ Lighthouse Catholic Media]
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