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Nicholas Perrin

{{Short description|American academic administrator and religious scholar}}

{{distinguish|Norman Perrin}}{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Nicholas Perrin

| office = 16th President of Trinity International University

| nationality = American

| birth_date = September 5, 1964

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts

| spouse = Camie Brown

| children = 2

| predecessor = David Dockery

| successor = Kevin Kompelien

| module =

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| education = Johns Hopkins University (BA)
Covenant Theological Seminary (M.Div.)

| alma_mater = Marquette University (Ph.D.)

| thesis_title = Thomas and Tatian: The relationship between the 'Gospel of Thomas' and the 'Diatessaron'

| thesis_year = 2001

| thesis_url = https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=cat06952a&AN=mul.b2167320&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=s6222150

| doctoral_advisor = Julian Hills

| workplaces = Corinth Reformed Church|[Missio Seminary | Biblical Seminary]]
Wheaton College
Trinity International University

}}

}}

Nicholas Perrin is an American religious scholar and the Senior Pastor at Corinth Reformed Church in Hickory, North Carolina. Formerly, he served as an academic administrator who served as the 16th president of Trinity International University, a Christian university located in Deerfield, Illinois.{{cite web |title=Nicholas Perrin elected 16th president of Trinity International University |url=https://news.tiu.edu/2019/06/07/nicholas-perrin-elected-16th-president/ |access-date=7 June 2019}}

Early life and education

Perrin earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Johns Hopkins University and Master of Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary. He then earned a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Marquette University.{{Cite web|title=Nicholas Perrin elected 16th president of Trinity International University {{!}} Trinity Newsroom|url=https://news.tiu.edu/2019/06/07/nicholas-perrin-elected-16th-president/|access-date=2020-05-19}}

Career

Perrin previously served the Franklin S. Dyrness Professor of Biblical Studies at Wheaton College, Illinois. Where his work focused on the New Testament and early Christianity. Perrin has published on the Gospel of Thomas and proposed the theory that Thomas is dependent on Tatian's Diatessaron.April DeConick, Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas: A History of the Gospel and Its Growth. p.48Craig L. Blomberg,Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey. (2nd Edition)Shedinger, Robert F. Review of Biblical Literature, 2003, Vol. 5, p509.Nicholas Perrin, Thomas and Tatian: The Relationship between the Gospel of Thomas and the Diatessaron(Academia Biblica 5; Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature; Leiden : Brill, 2002).

In addition to his writings on Christian origins and the Gnostic Gospels, Perrin has authored a number of popular lay introductions to works such as the Gospel of Judas and Gospel of Thomas. In 2007 Lost in Transmission was published as a response to Bart Ehrman's popular Misquoting Jesus dealing with issues of textual criticism of the New Testament.

In 2008 Perrin delivered a public lecture on the historical Jesus at the University of Georgia.

Perrin was announced as the 16th president of Trinity International University in 2019, succeeding David Dockery. Perrin tendered his resignation from presidency to the Board of Regents of the Trinity International University on February 15th 2024.

Works

=Books=

  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |title=Thomas and Tatian: The Relationship between the Gospel of Thomas and the Diatessaron |series=Academia Biblica |volume=5 |location=Atlanta, GA |publisher=Society of Biblical Literature |date=2002 }}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=The Judas Gospel |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2006 |isbn=9780877840398 |oclc=85356223 }}
  • {{cite book |author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=Lost in Transmission: What We Can Know about the Words of Jesus |location=Nashville, TN |publisher=Thomas Nelson |date=2007 |isbn=9780849903670 |oclc=144598103 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/lostintransmissi0000perr }}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=Thomas: The Other Gospel |location=Louisville, KY |publisher=Westminster John Knox Press |date=2007 |isbn=9780664232115 |oclc=137305724 }}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=Jesus the Temple |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Academic |date=2010 |isbn=9780801045387 |oclc=669750917 }}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=Finding Jesus in the Exodus: Christ in Israel's journey from slavery to the Promised Land |location=New York |publisher=Faith Words |date=2014 |isbn=9781455560684 |oclc=879246081 }}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=The Exodus Revealed: Israel's journey from slavery to the Promised Land |location=New York |publisher=Faith Words |date=2014 |isbn=9781455560653 |oclc=879246093 }}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=Jesus the Priest |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Baker Academic |date=2015 |isbn=9780801048593 |oclc=892879493 }}

=As editor=

  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Perrin |editor1-first=Nicholas |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Goodacre |editor2-first=Mark |editor2-link=Mark Goodacre |title=Questioning Q: A Multidimensional Critique |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=Intervarsity |date=2004 |isbn=9780830827695 |oclc=56614168 }}
  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Perrin |editor1-first=Nicholas |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Hays |editor2-first=Richard B. |editor2-link=Richard B. Hays |title=Jesus, Paul, and the people of God: a theological dialogue with N.T. Wright |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=IVP Academic |date=2011 |isbn=9780830838974 |oclc=666492764 }}
  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Perrin |editor1-first=Nicholas |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Green |editor2-first=Joel B. |editor2-link=Joel B. Green |editor3-last=Brown |editor3-first=Jeannine K. |editor3-link=Jeannine K. Brown |title=Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels |series=The IVP Bible dictionary series |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2013 |isbn=9780830824564 |oclc=966860946 }}

=Articles and chapters=

  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Some Implications of Dispensing with Q |editor1-last=Perrin |editor1-first=Nicholas |editor2-last=Goodacre |editor2-first=Mark |editor2-link=Mark Goodacre |title=Questioning Q: A Multidimensional Critique |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=Intervarsity |date=2004 |isbn=9780830827695 |oclc=56614168 }}
  • {{cite journal|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=Recent Trends in Gospel of Thomas Research (1991-2006): Part I, The Historical Jesus and the Synoptic Gospels |journal=Currents in Biblical Research |volume=5 |date=2007 |issue=2 |pages=183–206 |doi=10.1177/1476993X06073807 |s2cid=162340147 }}
  • {{cite journal|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=No Other Gospel |journal=Christian History and Biography |volume=96 |date=2007 |pages=27–30 }}
  • {{cite journal|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=Where to Begin with the Gospel of Mark? |journal=Currents in Theology and Mission |volume=35 |date=December 2008 |pages=413–419 }}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |chapter=The Aramaic Origins of the Gospel of Thomas – Revisited |editor1-last=Frey |editor1-first=Jorg |editor1-link=Jorg Frey |editor2-last=Schröter |editor2-first=Jens |editor2-link=Jens Schröter |editor3-last=Popkes |editor3-first=Enno Edzard |editor3-link=Enno Edzard Popkes |title=Das Thomasevangelium: Entstehung -- Rezeption -- Theologie |series=Beihefte zur für Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft |volume=157 |location=Berlin |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |date=2008 |pages=50–59 }}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Eschatological Aspects of the Sinai Experience in Patristic Interpretation |editor1-last=Kenneth E. |editor1-first=Kenneth E. |editor1-link=Kenneth E. Pomykala |title=Israel in the Wilderness: Interpretations of the Biblical Narratives in Jewish and Christian Traditions |series=Themes in Biblical Narrative |volume=10 |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill |date=2008 |isbn=9789004164246 |pages=173–182 }}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |chapter=The Diatessaron and the Second-Century Reception of the Gospel of John |editor1-last=Rasimus |editor1-first=Tuomas |editor1-link=Tuomas Rasimus |title=The Legacy of John: The Second Century Reception of the Fourth Gospel |series=Novum Testamentum, Supplements |volume=132 |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill |date=2009 |isbn=9789047429777 |pages=301–318 }}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Jesus' Eschatology and Kingdom Ethics: ever the twain shall meet |editor1-last=Perrin |editor1-first=Nicholas |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Hays |editor2-first=Richard B. |editor2-link=Richard B. Hays |title=Jesus, Paul, and the people of God: a theological dialogue with N.T. Wright |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=IVP Academic |date=2011 |isbn=9780830838974 |oclc=666492764 }}
  • {{cite journal|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=Managing Jesus' Anger: Revisiting a Text-Critical Conundrum (Mark 1:41) |journal=Criswell Theological Review |volume=13 |date=2016 |pages=3–16 }}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Habakkuk, Paul, and the End of Empire: A Fresh Perspective on Romans 13:1-7 |editor1-last=Dow |editor1-first=L. K. Fuller |editor1-link=L. K. Fuller Dow |editor2-last=Evans |editor2-first=Craig A. |editor2-link=Craig A. Evans |editor3-last=Pitts |editor3-first=A. |editor3-link=A. Pitts |title=The Language and Literature of the New Testament: Essays in Honor of Stanley E. Porter's 60th Birthday |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill |date=2017 |pages=536–54}}
  • {{cite book|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |chapter=New Exodus Traditions in Earliest Christianity |editor1-last=Porter |editor1-first=Stanley E. |editor1-link=Stanley E. Porter |editor2-last=Pitts |editor2-first=A. |editor2-link=A. Pitts |title=Christian Origins and the Establishment of the Early Jesus Movement |series=ECHC |volume=4 |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill |date=2018 |pages=335–50 }}
  • {{cite journal|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=Jesus as Priest in the Gospels |journal=Southern Baptist Journal of Theology |volume=22 |date=2018 |pages=81–98 }}

=Training course=

  • {{cite AV media|author1-last=Perrin |author1-first=Nicholas |author1-mask=3 |title=BI301 A Biblical Theology of the Kingdom of God (9 hour course) |series=Logos Mobile Education |location=Bellingham, WA |publisher=Lexham Press |date=2016 |url=https://www.logos.com/product/55369/mobile-ed-bi301-a-biblical-theology-of-the-kingdom-of-god }}

References

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External links

  • {{cite web |title=Nicholas Perrin's Faculty Page |url=https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/faculty/nicholas-perrin/ |access-date=January 23, 2019 }}
  • [http://pejeiesous.com/2009/09/28/interview-with-nicholas-perrin-part-i/ An Interview with Nicholas Perrin on the Gospel of Thomas (1 of 3)]

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