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|birth_date = 29 November 1920

|birth_place = [[Wellingborough]], [[Northamptonshire|Northants.]], [[England]]

|death_date = 25 November 1976

|death_place = [[Park Forest, Illinois]], [[United States]]U.S.

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|field discipline = [[Theology]]<br />[[New Testament]]

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|alma_mater = [[University of London]]<br />[[University of Göttingen]]

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'''Norman Perrin''' (29 November 1920 &ndash; 25 November 1976) was an English-born, American [[biblical scholar]] at the [[University of Chicago]]. Perrin specialized in the study of the [[New Testament]], and was internationally known for his work on the teaching of Jesus, as well as on the [[Redaction Criticism]] of the New Testament.

Perrin was born in [[Wellingborough]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]], and served from 1940 to 1945, during the [[World War II|Second World War]], in the [[Royal Air Force]]. He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree (in theology) in 1949 from the [[University of Manchester|Victoria University of Manchester]]. In 1952, he earned a [[Bachelor of Divinity]] degree (with honours), and in 1956 a [[Master of Theology]] (in Greek New Testament and [[New Testament apocrypha|apocryphal studies]]), both from the [[University of London]]. Perrin was granted his Doctorate of Theology from the [[University of Göttingen]] in 1959. From 1959 to 1964, he taught New Testament at the [[Candler School of Theology]], [[Emory University]], and from 1964 until his death in 1976 at the [[University of Chicago Divinity School|Divinity School]] of the [[University of Chicago]]. Perrin served as president of the Chicago Society of Biblical Research in 1972-19731972–1973, and as president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1973.

==Selected Worksworks==

* {{cite book|author1-last=Norman Perrin |author1-first=Norman |author1-mask= |title=The Kingdom of God in the Teaching of Jesus |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=Westminster Press |date=1963 |isbn= |oclc=3362825 }}

* {{cite book|author1-last=Norman Perrin |author1-first=Norman |author1-mask=3 |title=Rediscovering the Teaching of Jesus |location=New York |publisher=Harper & Row |date=1967 |isbn= |oclc=382610 }}

* {{cite book|author1-last=Norman Perrin |author1-first=Norman |author1-mask=3 |title=The Promise of Bultmann |location=New York |publisher=J. B. Lippincott Company |date=1969 |isbn= |oclc=13630 }}

* {{cite book |author1-last=Norman Perrin |author1-first=Norman |author1-mask=3 |title=What is Redaction Criticism? |series=Guides to Biblical Scholarship |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=Fortress Press |date=1969 |isbn=9780800601812 |oclc=27247 |url=https://archive.org/details/whatisredactionc0000perr }}

* {{cite book |author1-last=Norman Perrin |author1-first=Norman |author1-mask=3 |title=A Modern Pilgrimage in New Testament Christology |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=Fortress Press |date=1974 |isbn=9780800602673 |oclc=900843 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/modernpilgrimage0000perr }}

* {{cite book |author1-last=Norman Perrin |author1-first=Norman |author1-mask=3 |title=The New Testament: An Introduction: Proclamation and Parenesis, Myth and History |location=New York |publisher=Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |date=1974 |isbn=9780155657250 |oclc=900760 |url=https://archive.org/details/newtestamentint00perr }}

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