British New Testament Society

📣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! bnts.org.uk/bnts-call-for-…

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!

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.

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 info.officer@bnts.org.uk.

🚨 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 mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/empire…

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: youtube.com/shorts/Mpy9wKc…

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

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'.

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

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

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:

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

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.