Education

In 1970 Perkins earned a B.A.(Hon.) in Classical Studies at the University of British Columbia.^[4] From 1972 he holds a B.A. in theology at the University of Oxford.^[4] In 1974 Perkins earned a M.A. in Near Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto.^[4] From 1978 he also earned a M.A. at the University of Oxford.^[4] From 1980 Perkins holds a PhD in Hebrew, Aramaic/Syriac and Hellenistic Greek (Religious) Language and Literature at the University of Toronto with the doctoral dissertation The place of the Syro-Hexapla in the textual tradition of the Septuagint of Deuteronomy.^[5] In 1985 Perkins earned a M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration at the University of British Columbia.^[4]

Career

Perkins is director emeritus of NBS’ Korean Language Programs division and he is one of the founding members of the John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies.^[3] Perkins has served as Dean and President of NBS, as well as Dean of Associated Canadian Theological Schools (ACTS), the Graduate School of Theological Studies for Trinity Western University.^[3] Perkins is member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS).^[6]

Teaching

From 1978 to 1985 Perkins was an assistant Professor and from 1985 to 1987 an associate professor of Biblical Studiesat Northwest Baptist Theological College.^[4] From 1987 to 2015 he become professor of Biblical Studies of New Testament at the Northwest Baptist Seminary, ACTS Seminaries.^[4] From 2011 he is President Emeritus at the Northwest Baptist Seminary.^[4] From 2015 Perkins is emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at the Northwest Baptist Seminary/ACTS Seminaries.^[4]

From 1980 to 1999 Perkins was Academic Dean at Northwest Baptist Theological College (Northwest Baptist Seminary).^[4] From 1996 to the 2004 Perkins is Academic Dean at the ACTS Seminaries.^[4]

Thesis

• Perkins, Larry James (1981). The place of the Syro-Hexapla in the textual tradition of the Septuagint of Deuteronomy (PhD diss. University of Toronto). Ottawa: National Library of Canada. OCLC 15887421.

Books

• Perkins, Larry James (2017). The Pastoral Letters: A handbook on the Greek text. Baylor University Press. ISBN 9781481300391.