Biographical Information:
Philip Barton Payne, the founder and president of
Linguist’s Software, Inc.,
is a specialist in New Testament Studies. He is well known for his
studies on New Testament Textual Criticism, the Parables of Jesus, and
Man and Woman in the Teachings of Paul. He and his wife Nancy were
missionaries in Japan with the Evangelical Free Church, where they
ministered to students in the Kyoto Christian Studies Center and
lectured on New Testament in various Japanese Seminaries. Phil started
Linguist’s Software in 1984 in response to requests for the Greek,
Hebrew, and Japanese fonts he had created for use in his studies and
ministry. His company now sells fonts supporting more than 2000
languages. Phil and Nancy have three children David, Kimiko, and
Brendan.