Norman Perrin
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Norman Perrin was Associate Professor of New Testament
, at the Divinity
School, University of Chicago
. Professor Perrin was internationally known for his work on Redaction Criticism of the New Testament.
According to Norman Perrin (WHAT IS REDACTION CRITICISM? 1969) the project of Redaction analysis begins with the proposition that the Gospel of Mark is the earliest Gospel, and that the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John used the Gospel of Mark as a model, more or less loosely. The modifications (redactions) they made to Mark are fairly easy to discern. However, if we also assume that there was an oral tradition before the Gospel of Mark (or, as some say, a very early written tradition, or Ur-Marcus) it is clearly a scientific challenge to discern its exact contours, and where the author may have made changes, if any.
The contribution made by Professor Norman Perrin in this new science is still widely recognized today.
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, at the Divinity
Divinity
Divinity and divine are broadly applied but loosely defined terms, used variously within different faiths and belief systems — and even by different individuals within a given faith — to refer to some transcendent or transcendental power or deity, or its attributes or manifestations in...
School, University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. Professor Perrin was internationally known for his work on Redaction Criticism of the New Testament.
According to Norman Perrin (WHAT IS REDACTION CRITICISM? 1969) the project of Redaction analysis begins with the proposition that the Gospel of Mark is the earliest Gospel, and that the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John used the Gospel of Mark as a model, more or less loosely. The modifications (redactions) they made to Mark are fairly easy to discern. However, if we also assume that there was an oral tradition before the Gospel of Mark (or, as some say, a very early written tradition, or Ur-Marcus) it is clearly a scientific challenge to discern its exact contours, and where the author may have made changes, if any.
The contribution made by Professor Norman Perrin in this new science is still widely recognized today.
Works About Norman Perrin
- Understanding the teaching of Jesus : based on the lecture series of Norman Perrin, by David Abernathy. (New York : Seabury Press, 1983).