Pheme Perkins
Encyclopedia
Pheme Perkins is a Professor of Theology at Boston College
, where she has been teaching since 1972. She is a nationally recognized expert on the Greco-Roman cultural setting of early Christianity
, as well as the Pauline Epistles
and Gnosticism
.
Perkins was educated at Harvard University
(Ph.D., 1971) and St. John's College (A.B., 1966). She has served as the president for the Catholic Biblical Association of America and was an associate editor of The New Oxford Annotated Bible, Third Edition.
Boston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...
, where she has been teaching since 1972. She is a nationally recognized expert on the Greco-Roman cultural setting of early Christianity
Early Christianity
Early Christianity is generally considered as Christianity before 325. The New Testament's Book of Acts and Epistle to the Galatians records that the first Christian community was centered in Jerusalem and its leaders included James, Peter and John....
, as well as the Pauline Epistles
Pauline epistles
The Pauline epistles, Epistles of Paul, or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen New Testament books which have the name Paul as the first word, hence claiming authorship by Paul the Apostle. Among these letters are some of the earliest extant Christian documents...
and Gnosticism
Gnosticism
Gnosticism is a scholarly term for a set of religious beliefs and spiritual practices common to early Christianity, Hellenistic Judaism, Greco-Roman mystery religions, Zoroastrianism , and Neoplatonism.A common characteristic of some of these groups was the teaching that the realisation of Gnosis...
.
Perkins was educated at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
(Ph.D., 1971) and St. John's College (A.B., 1966). She has served as the president for the Catholic Biblical Association of America and was an associate editor of The New Oxford Annotated Bible, Third Edition.
Selected Bibliography
- Gnosticism and the New Testament (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1993).
- Peter: Apostle for the Whole Church (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1994). Winner of the Choice award for a distinguished academic book.
- Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2007)