Joseph Wilson Trigg
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BornOctober 25, 1949
OccupationsHistorian, author
FieldsEarly Christian history
Joseph Wilson Trigg | |
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| Born | October 25, 1949 |
| Occupations | Historian, author |
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| Fields | Early Christian history |
Joseph Wilson Trigg (born 25 October 1949) is an American scholar who specializes in early Christian history.
Trigg was born on 25 October 1949, in Henderson County, Kentucky.[1] He obtained his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1978, with a thesis titled "Healing that Comes from God: The Alexandrian Response to the Third-Century Penitential Crisis".[2][3] He then taught at Ohio Wesleyan University and was a research fellow at Rice University.[4]
He later became an Episcopal minister, and was the Rector of Christ Church, Port Tobacco, Maryland.[5] As of 2020, he had retired from Episcopal ministry, and was living with his wife in Louisville, Kentucky.[6]
Selected works
- Trigg, Joseph W. (1983). Origen: The Bible and Philosophy in the Third-Century Church. John Knox Press. ISBN 9780804209458.
- Trigg, Joseph W.; Sachs, William L. (1986). Of One Body: Renewal Movements in the Church. John Knox Press. ISBN 9780804206778.
- Trigg, Joseph W. (1988). Biblical Interpretation. Michael Glazier. ISBN 9780894533495.
- Trigg, Joseph W. (1998). Origen. Psychology Press (now Routledge). ISBN 9780415118361.
- Trigg, Joseph W. (2021). Homilies on the Psalms: Codex Monacensis Graecus 314. The Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 9780813233192.
- Burns, J. Patout; Trigg, Joseph W. (2023). Theological Anthropology: Revised and Expanded Edition. Fortress Press. ISBN 9781506449401.
- Trigg, Joseph W.; Young, Robin Darling, eds. (2025). Teacher of the Logos: Essays on Origen's Rediscovered Last Work. The Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 9780813239668.
