British New Testament Society

BNTS promotes academic research of the New Testament and related writings. We hold an annual conference, open to professional biblical scholars and PhD students

[British New Testament Society @BNTsoc]

📣BNTS 2026 will take place in Maynooth this August. and the Call for Papers is now live.
📅You can submit until 13th April - please tell your friends, colleagues, and casual acquaintances!

https://t.co/ksaFdnHx8R

[British New Testament Society @BNTsoc]

I am particularly keen to hear from PhD students, independent scholars and others who are under-represented and under-celebrated in the Society.

If you are sharing news to celebrate others, please include them in the email!

[British New Testament Society @BNTsoc]

As discussed at the AGM and in Michelle's recent email, we're hoping to launch the first instalment of the BNTS newsletter in the new year. As such, I'd be grateful if you could share your news either in the comments or via email to Siobhán at [email protected].

[British New Testament Society @BNTsoc]

Examples could include recent publications (2025 for this first instalment), PhD completions, smaller events, awards, funding opportunities, job congratulations etc. A few sentences and any images you have will suffice.

[Christoph Heilig @ChristophHeilig]

🚨 Just published! 🎉

Thrilled to announce Empire Criticism of the New Testament, a volume (with cutting-edge research, but also suitable as a textbook!) I had the pleasure of editing, is now out - and available open access via @mohrsiebeck! 🥳

With contributions by

me on Narratology
Justin Winzenburg (@winzenj) on Speech Act Theory
Laura J. Hunt on Semiotics
Erin M. Heim on Metaphor Theories
Christopher A. Porter on Social Identity Theory
Nils Neumann on Historical Psychology
Laura Robinson (@LauraRbnsn) on Hidden Transcripts
Najeeb T. Haddad (@NTHaddad) on Ancient Rhetoric
Gillian Asquith on Papyrology
D. Clint Burnett (@DClintBurnett1) on Epigraphy
Michael P. Theophilos (@mptheophilos) on Numismatics
Harry O. Maier (@Harry_O_Maier) on Iconography

https://t.co/bbDdn7yJB1

[British New Testament Society @BNTsoc]

New from @TheVCS - Bible and Art Daily will take you on a series of journeys through the world of Scripture and the history of art. Watch the exclusive preview by @BenQuash here: https://t.co/xyY8XVAxf7

[Madison N. Pierce @MadisonPierce]

This was an excellent panel. Thanks for sharing this, @sofanit_abebe!

[British New Testament Society @BNTsoc]

Our final session of #BNTS2025 is a plenary lecture from Ben Wold of @tcddublin on 'Debt, Hunger, and the Inversion of Forgiveness in the Matthean Lord’s Prayer
in light of 4QInstruction'.

[British New Testament Society @BNTsoc]

It's our final day in Manchester, where the @UoMReligion team have arranged a display of local culture ( = it's raining again). Our final seminar sessions are running at the moment, before our closing session plenary later this morning. #BNTS2025

[Ryan Collman @ryancollman]

And closing out our final session of #BNTS2025 is Corinne Noonan-Samuelson, ‘Greatness and Humility: Comparing Ethical Themes of Paul and Cicero’

[Sofanit T. Abebe (ሶፋኒት) @sofanit_abebe]

Despite issues with the sound & my slides failing to display, I enjoyed the difficult but necessary conversation we had at the 'Decolonising New Testament Studies' panel discussion @ #BNTS2025. The guild has come far in welcoming minoritized voices. But there is more work needed:

[Ryan Collman @ryancollman]

Up next is Daniel Mikkelsen, ‘“All Flesh” (πᾶσα σάρξ) in Paul in Light of Its Usage in the LXX: A Key to Understanding Paul’s Anthropology’

#BNTS2025

[Ryan Collman @ryancollman]

Our final session at #BNTS2025 just started with Kai Akagi, ‘Pentateuchal Terminology and Specific Correspondence to
Deuteronomy 7 in the Eulogy of Ephesians 1:3–14’

[British New Testament Society @BNTsoc]

Our second plenary session is underway, with a panel on Decolonising the New Testament Curriculum. #BNTS2025

[British New Testament Society @BNTsoc]

This afternoon's simultaneous short papers are under way. In room 1 we have discussion of the historical Jesus in relation to Christian Zionism and enslavement, and in room 2 we have discussion of Codex H and the restoration of Israel in Mark. #BNTS2025

[James Maurice Morgan @JMorgan_LifeTxt]

Very stimulating book panel on Steve Walton’s commentary on the Acts of the Apostles with Steve Walton and respondents Luke Mcnamara, David Horrell and Loveday Alexander at the Acts seminar of the British New Testament Conference in Manchester #bnts

[Ryan Collman @ryancollman]

And for our final paper of today’s sessions we have David E. Bell, ‘The Lord as ἔκδικος in 1 Thess 4:6: Paul’s Response to Sexual Exploitation’

#BNTS2025

[Dr Siobhán Jolley @siobhan_jolley]

Our final paper comes from James Crossley, who is discussing the role of the Bible in the English uprising of 1381. #BNTS2025

[Dr Siobhán Jolley @siobhan_jolley]

I'm chairing our next session, which started with Cambry G Pardee on the reception history of the notion of the devil in disguise, and is continuing with U-Wen Low's analysis of Revelation and the body of Christ from the perspective of performance criticism. #BNTS2025

[Dr Siobhán Jolley @siobhan_jolley]

We're off to a great start in the new Reception, Critical Theory, and Interdisciplinary Studies seminar at #BNTS2025.

@Tominee chaired our first session, which featured papers on decolonising hospitality, positionally and applying Bakhtin to Romans.