Theology Department Faculty
Pheme Perkins
Joseph Professor of Catholic Spirituality
Pheme Perkins
Ph.D.
Contact
Email: pheme.perkins@bc.edu
Education
- A.B., St. John's College
- Ph.D., Harvard University
Courses
- Perspectives on Western Culture
- First-Year Honors Seminar
- New Testament Ethics
- Pauline Tradition
- Gospel of Mark
- Gospel of John
- New Testament Christology
- First-Year Ph.D. Colloquium
Research Interests
Greco-Roman cultural setting of early Christianity, hellenistic philosophy, Pauline epistles, Johannine writings, Resurrection and early Christian eschatology, Nag Hammadi corpus, Gnosticism, Irenaeus
Books
1 Corinthians. Paideia Commentary Series; Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012.
Reading the New Testament. 3rd edition revised. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2012. (Awarded 1st prize in Scripture category by Catholic Publishers Association, 2013).
Books Translated into Other Languages
Revelation. Collegeville Bible Commentary, 1983 [Italian]; with R. Fuller.
Who is This Christ?, 1986 [Japanese].
Jesus as Teacher, 1990 [Spanish].
First and Second Peter, James and Jude. Interpretation Commentary Series, 1995 [Japanese].