Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas

Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
AbbreviationSNTS
Formation1938[1]
TypeLearned society
PurposeFurtherance of New Testament studies[2]
Region served
International
MembershipBy nomination and election, associate and full categories[2]
Official language
English, French, German[3]
President
Angela Standhartinger[4]
Main organ
New Testament Studies and Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series[3][5]
Websitesnts.online

The Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS, Latin for Society for New Testament Studies) is an international learned society of New Testament scholars.[6] It was founded in 1938 to further New Testament studies internationally.[1][2] Membership is by nomination and election, with associate and full categories for qualified scholars.[2]

The society convenes an annual General Meeting and oversees the peer reviewed journal New Testament Studies and the Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, both published by Cambridge University Press.[7][3][5] For 2024–25 the president is Angela Standhartinger.[4][8]

History

A proposal for an international society devoted to New Testament research was first advanced at the Faith and Order Conference in Edinburgh in 1937, notably by J. de Zwaan of Leiden, with early support from C. H. Dodd, T. W. Manson, and others.[9][10] The first formal planning meeting followed at Carey Hall in Selly Oak, Birmingham, on 14–16 September 1938, where the Latin name was adopted and a provisional committee was formed.[9][11] A first General Meeting planned for September 1939 did not take place because of the outbreak of the Second World War.[1]

After the war, the society resumed its activities. The first General Meeting convened at Christ Church, Oxford, on 26–28 March 1947, at which J. de Zwaan was inducted as the first president for 1947–48.[11] Since then the society has met annually, typically in late July or early August.[7] Reports of the General Meeting are published in New Testament Studies and record presidential appointments and business decisions, for example the 2023 meeting in Vienna and the appointment of the 2024–25 president.[8]

The society launched its journal New Testament Studies in 1954–55, and the Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series began publishing in 1965.[6][5] Both are issued by Cambridge University Press.[5]

Governance and membership

Governance is defined by the society's constitution. A president is elected for a one year term. The committee comprises nine elected trustees, including the president, past president, and president elect, and officers oversee publications and administration. Membership requires nomination by two members and election by the General Meeting, with associate and full categories.[2]

Presidents

Since 1947, the SNTS' presidents have been:[12]

Year President
1947 Johannes De Zwaan
1948 G. S. Duncan
1949 T. W. Manson
1950 Henri Clavier
1951 C. H. Dodd
1952 W. Manson
1953 Rudolf Bultmann
1954 V. Taylor
1955 Joachim Jeremias
1956 E. G. Selwyn
1957 H. G. Wood
1958 H. J. Cadbury
1959 Johannes Munck
1960 G. H. C. Macgregor
1961 W. C. van Unnik
1962 Pierre Benoit
1963 W. G. Kümmel
1964 Oscar Cullmann
1965 Paul S. Minear
1966 Rudolf Schnackenburg
1967 C. F. D. Moule
1968 Harald Riesenfeld
1969 Eduard Schweizer
1970 M. Black
1971 B. M. Metzger
1972 Ernst Käsemann
1973 C. K. Barrett
1974 Béda Rigaux
1975 F. F. Bruce
1976 W. D. Davies
1977 Günther Bornkamm
1978 N. Dahl
1979 H. Greeven
1980 Xavier Léon-Dufour
1981 R. McL. Wilson
1982 Bo Reicke
1983 Reginald H. Fuller
1984 J. Dupont
1985 Marinus de Jonge
1986 Raymond E. Brown
1987 E. Lohse
1988 Morna Hooker
1989 Frans Neirynck
1990 Birger Gerhardsson
1991 Étienne Trocmé
1992 Joseph Fitzmyer
1993 Martin Hengel
1994 Petr Pokorny
1995 Albert Vanhoye
1996 Graham Stanton
1997 Ulrich Luz
1998 Peder Borgen
1999 H. D. Betz
2000 François Bovon
2001 Tjitze Baarda
2002 J. D. G. Dunn
2003 Hans-Josef Klauck
2004 Wayne A. Meeks
2005 Barbara Aland
2006 Sean Freyne
2007 Daniel Marguerat
2008 A. B. du Toit
2009 Andreas Lindemann
2010 Adela Yarbro Collins
2011 A. Puig i Tàrrach
2012 H. J. de Jonge
2013 Christopher M. Tuckett
2014 Udo Schnelle
2015 Judith Lieu
2016 Carl Holladay
2017 Michael Wolter
2018 Jean Zumstein
2019 John Kloppenborg
2020 (because of COVID-19, no new president was appointed)
2021 Margaret M. Mitchell
2022 John Barclay
2023 Joseph Verheyden
2024 Angela Standhartiger

References

  1. ^ a b c History, Society for New Testament Studies, retrieved 2025-10-24
  2. ^ a b c d e Constitution (PDF), Society for New Testament Studies, 2022, retrieved 2025-10-24
  3. ^ a b c New Testament Studies, Cambridge University Press, retrieved 2025-10-24
  4. ^ a b Committee, Society for New Testament Studies, retrieved 2025-10-24
  5. ^ a b c d Society publications, Cambridge University Press, retrieved 2025-10-24
  6. ^ a b "Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS)", Études théologiques et religieuses (in French), 47, Institut protestant de théologie, 1972, retrieved 2025-10-24
  7. ^ a b General Meetings, Society for New Testament Studies, retrieved 2025-10-24
  8. ^ a b "The Seventy-Seventh General Meeting", New Testament Studies, Cambridge University Press, 2024, doi:10.1017/S0028688524000092, retrieved 2025-10-24
  9. ^ a b Thomas Walter Manson, 1893–1958 (PDF), Proceedings of the British Academy, 1960, p. 336, retrieved 2025-10-24
  10. ^ "Free from German "Schulmeinungen" and other one sidedness. Die Entstehungsgeschichte der New Testament Studies, 1936–1954", New Testament Studies (in German), 66 (4), Cambridge University Press, 2020, retrieved 2025-10-24
  11. ^ a b G. H. Boobyer (1950), The Early History of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (PDF), Bulletin of New Testament Studies, retrieved 2025-10-24
  12. ^ SNTS Presidents and Venues since 1947
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