Norman R. Ericson (July 21, 1932 – December 22, 2011) was an American teacher and Bible scholar.
[2] Ericson began teaching Biblical and Hellenic studies at what was then Trinity College in Deerfield, Illinois in 1957.
He was appointed as a professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where he became a full-time faculty of the said institution in September 1974.
This area of interest goes back to his work on his doctoral thesis in Biblical Studies at the University of Chicago.
While an evangelical theologically, he also taught the importance of knowing and engaging scholarship from New Testament criticism.
[10] He also served as adjunct professor at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, Illinois.
One of his most influential articles, entitled "The NT Use of the OT: A Kerygmatic Approach," was presented at the Evangelical Theological Society.
"[15] Ericson died on December 22, 2011, at Johnson Health Care Center in Carol Stream, Illinois.