Current Seminars

Please make plans to attend the Society’s General Meetings.

Current Seminars

  1. Constructions of the Histories of Early Christianity (Cilliers Breytenbach and Clare Rothschild) - terminates in 2029

  2. Mapping “New Testament Studies”: History, Status, and Prospects (Eve-Marie Becker, Michael Cover and Francis Watson) - terminates in 2025

  3. Neutestamentliche Theologie zwischen Religionsgeschichte und Gegenwartshermeneutik (Florian Wilk, J. Ross Wagner, and Susanne Luther) - terminates in 2026

  4. The Johannine Writings (Jörg Frey, Christina Hoegen-Rohls, and Catrin Williams) - terminates in 2026

  5. God in the New Testament (Steve Walton and Christiane Zimmerman) - terminates in 2026

  6. Reading Galatians in New Perspectives: Methods and Approaches (Martin Meiser, Dieter Sänger, and Korinna Zamfir) - terminates in 2025

  7. Hebrews (Christian Eberhart and Wolfgang Kraus) - terminates in 2025

  8. Greek Philosophy and Early Christianity (Athanasios Despotis, Hermut Löhr, Ilaria L.E. Ramelli, and George van Kooten) - terminates in 2027

  9. The Historical Jesus: Methodology and Historiography (David du Toit, Helen Bond, and Sarah Rollens) - terminates in 2029

  10. Philo of Alexandria and Intercultural Studies (Nélida Naveros Córdova and Jean-Claude Loba Mkole) - terminates in 2027

  11. Interpreting the Book of Acts in the 21st Century: Problems and Methods (Simon Butticaz, Michal Beth Dinkler, Torsten Jantsch) - terminates in 2027

  12. Reading Paul’s Letters in Context: Theological and Social-Scientific Approaches (William Campbell and Judith Gundry) - terminates in 2025

  13. New Testament Textual Criticism (Claire Clivaz, Hugh Houghton, and Tommy Wasserman) - terminates in 2029

  14. Cognitive Disciplines and New Testament Narrative in Dialogue (Elizabeth Shively and Jan Rüggemeier) - terminates in 2027

  15. Jewish Law in NT and Related Literature (Bernadette Brooten and Lutz Doering) - terminates in 2027

  16. The Writings of the New Testament Beyond the ‘Parting of the Ways’ Model (Kathy Ehrensperger, Wolfgang Kraus, Amy-Jill Levine, and Jens Schröter) - terminates in 2027

  17. The Presence of Rome in Early Christian Texts (Stefan Krauter and Maren Niehoff) - terminates in 2027

The Society offers up to a maximum of 18 seminars at any one time. Seminars normally meet for a minimum of three and a maximum of five years. At General Meetings there are usually three seminar sessions, each lasting for about 90 minutes.

Any member wishing to organise a new seminar must submit a proposal to the Secretary by 1 July.

Seminar Guidelines are available at SNTS Seminar Guidelines.