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.

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.

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.

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 15, 2024.

Works

Books

  • Perrin, Nicholas (2002). Thomas and Tatian: The Relationship between the Gospel of Thomas and the Diatessaron. Academia Biblica. Vol.5. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature.
  • ——— (2006). The Judas Gospel. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN9780877840398. OCLC.
  • ——— (2007). . Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. ISBN9780849903670. OCLC.
  • ——— (2007). Thomas: The Other Gospel. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN9780664232115. OCLC.
  • ——— (2010). Jesus the Temple. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN9780801045387. OCLC.
  • ——— (2014). Finding Jesus in the Exodus: Christ in Israel's journey from slavery to the Promised Land. New York: Faith Words. ISBN9781455560684. OCLC.
  • ——— (2014). The Exodus Revealed: Israel's journey from slavery to the Promised Land. New York: Faith Words. ISBN9781455560653. OCLC.
  • ——— (2015). Jesus the Priest. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN9780801048593. OCLC.

As editor

  • ———; Goodacre, Mark, eds. (2004). Questioning Q: A Multidimensional Critique. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity. ISBN9780830827695. OCLC.
  • ———; Hays, Richard B., eds. (2011). Jesus, Paul, and the people of God: a theological dialogue with N.T. Wright. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic. ISBN9780830838974. OCLC.
  • ———; Green, Joel B.; Brown, Jeannine K., eds. (2013). Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. The IVP Bible dictionary series. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN9780830824564. OCLC.

Articles and chapters

  • ——— (2004). "Some Implications of Dispensing with Q". In Perrin, Nicholas; Goodacre, Mark (eds.). Questioning Q: A Multidimensional Critique. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity. ISBN9780830827695. OCLC.
  • ——— (2007). "Recent Trends in Gospel of Thomas Research (1991-2006): Part I, The Historical Jesus and the Synoptic Gospels". Currents in Biblical Research. 5 (2): 183–206. doi:. S2CID.
  • ——— (2007). "No Other Gospel". Christian History and Biography. 96: 27–30.
  • ——— (December 2008). "Where to Begin with the Gospel of Mark?". Currents in Theology and Mission. 35: 413–419.
  • ——— (2008). "The Aramaic Origins of the Gospel of Thomas – Revisited". In Frey, Jorg; Schröter, Jens; Popkes, Enno Edzard (eds.). Das Thomasevangelium: Entstehung -- Rezeption -- Theologie. Beihefte zur für Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft. Vol.157. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp.50–59.
  • ——— (2008). "Eschatological Aspects of the Sinai Experience in Patristic Interpretation". In Kenneth E., Kenneth E. (ed.). Israel in the Wilderness: Interpretations of the Biblical Narratives in Jewish and Christian Traditions. Themes in Biblical Narrative. Vol.10. Leiden: Brill. pp.173–182. ISBN9789004164246.
  • ——— (2009). "The Diatessaron and the Second-Century Reception of the Gospel of John". In Rasimus, Tuomas (ed.). The Legacy of John: The Second Century Reception of the Fourth Gospel. Novum Testamentum, Supplements. Vol.132. Leiden: Brill. pp.301–318. ISBN9789047429777.
  • ——— (2011). "Jesus' Eschatology and Kingdom Ethics: ever the twain shall meet". In ———; Hays, Richard B. (eds.). Jesus, Paul, and the people of God: a theological dialogue with N.T. Wright. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic. ISBN9780830838974. OCLC.
  • ——— (2016). "Managing Jesus' Anger: Revisiting a Text-Critical Conundrum (Mark 1:41)". Criswell Theological Review. 13: 3–16.
  • ——— (2017). "Habakkuk, Paul, and the End of Empire: A Fresh Perspective on Romans 13:1-7". In Dow, L. K. Fuller; Evans, Craig A.; Pitts, A. (eds.). The Language and Literature of the New Testament: Essays in Honor of Stanley E. Porter's 60th Birthday. Leiden: Brill. pp.536–54.
  • ——— (2018). "New Exodus Traditions in Earliest Christianity". In Porter, Stanley E.; Pitts, A. (eds.). Christian Origins and the Establishment of the Early Jesus Movement. ECHC. Vol.4. Leiden: Brill. pp.335–50.
  • ——— (2018). "Jesus as Priest in the Gospels". Southern Baptist Journal of Theology. 22: 81–98.

Training course

  • ——— (2016). . Logos Mobile Education. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.

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