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Joseph Wilson Trigg

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Joseph Wilson Trigg
Born (1949-10-25) October 25, 1949 (age 76)
OccupationsHistorian, author
Scientific career
FieldsEarly Christian history

Joseph Wilson Trigg (born 25 October 1949) is an American scholar who specializes in early Christian history.

Biography

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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 priest, 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

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  • 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.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. "Trigg, Joseph Wilson, 1949-". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  2. "Healing that Comes from God: The Alexandrian Response to the Third-Century Penitential Crisis". UChicago Library Catalogue. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  3. Trigg, Joseph Wilson (1978). Healing that Comes from God: The Alexandrian Response to the Third-Century Penitential Crisis (Thesis). University of Chicago. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  4. Trigg, Joseph W. (1983). Origen: The Bible and Philosophy in the Third-Century Church. John Knox Press. ISBN 9780804209458. Back cover.
  5. "Origen". Routledge & CRC Press.
  6. "Joseph W. Trigg". Commonweal Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  7. Roach, Brian (October 2, 2025). "Interview with Joseph Trigg and Robin Darling-Young about their book Teacher of the Logos: Essays on Origen's Rediscovered Lost Work". Catholic University of America Press. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
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