Nicholas Perrin Explained

Nicholas Perrin should not be confused with Norman Perrin.

Nicholas Perrin
Office:	16th President of Trinity International University
Nationality:	American
Birth Date:	1963 or 1964
Birth Place:	Boston, Massachusetts
Spouse:	Camie Brown
Children:	2
Predecessor:	David Dockery
Successor:	Kevin Kompelien
Module:	Embed: yes 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

Nicholas Perrin is an American academic administrator and religious scholar, who served as the 16th president of Trinity International University, a Christian university located in Deerfield, Illinois.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

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. His resignation is effective from February 29th 2024.

Works

Books

• Book: Perrin . Nicholas . Thomas and Tatian: The Relationship between the Gospel of Thomas and the Diatessaron . Academia Biblica . 5 . Atlanta, GA . Society of Biblical Literature . 2002 .
• Book: Perrin . Nicholas . 3 . The Judas Gospel . Downers Grove, IL . InterVarsity Press . 2006 . 9780877840398 . 85356223 .
• Book: Perrin . Nicholas . 3 . Lost in Transmission: What We Can Know about the Words of Jesus . Nashville, TN . Thomas Nelson . 2007 . 9780849903670 . 144598103 . registration .
• Book: Perrin . Nicholas . 3 . Thomas: The Other Gospel . Louisville, KY . Westminster John Knox Press . 2007 . 9780664232115 . 137305724 .
• Book: Perrin . Nicholas . 3 . Jesus the Temple . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2010 . 9780801045387 . 669750917 .
• Book: Perrin . Nicholas . 3 . Finding Jesus in the Exodus: Christ in Israel's journey from slavery to the Promised Land . New York . Faith Words . 2014 . 9781455560684 . 879246081 .
• Book: Perrin . Nicholas . 3 . The Exodus Revealed: Israel's journey from slavery to the Promised Land . New York . Faith Words . 2014 . 9781455560653 . 879246093 .
• Book: Perrin . Nicholas . 3 . Jesus the Priest . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2015 . 9780801048593 . 892879493 .

As editor

• Book: Perrin . Nicholas . 3 . Goodacre . Mark . Mark Goodacre . Questioning Q: A Multidimensional Critique . Downers Grove, IL . Intervarsity . 2004 . 9780830827695 . 56614168 .
• Book: Perrin . Nicholas . 3 . Hays . Richard B. . Richard B. Hays . Jesus, Paul, and the people of God: a theological dialogue with N.T. Wright . Downers Grove, IL . IVP Academic . 2011 . 9780830838974 . 666492764 .
• Book: Perrin . Nicholas . 3 . Green . Joel B. . Joel B. Green . Brown . Jeannine K. . Jeannine K. Brown . Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels . The IVP Bible dictionary series . Downers Grove, IL . InterVarsity Press . 2013 . 9780830824564 . 966860946 .

Articles and chapters

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

Training course

• Perrin . Nicholas . 3 . BI301 A Biblical Theology of the Kingdom of God (9 hour course) . Logos Mobile Education . Bellingham, WA . Lexham Press . 2016 .

External links

• Web site: Nicholas Perrin's Faculty Page . January 23, 2019 .
• An Interview with Nicholas Perrin on the Gospel of Thomas (1 of 3)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nicholas Perrin elected 16th president of Trinity International University . 7 June 2019.
2. Web site: Nicholas Perrin elected 16th president of Trinity International University Trinity Newsroom. 2020-05-19.
3. [April DeConick]
4. [Craig L. Blomberg]
5. Shedinger, Robert F. Review of Biblical Literature, 2003, Vol. 5, p509.
6. 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).