Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
The Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas is an international learned society of New Testament scholars. It was founded in 1938 to further New Testament studies internationally. Membership is by nomination and election, with associate and full categories for qualified scholars.
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. For 2024–25 the president is Angela Standhartinger.
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 Johannes [de Zwaan|J. de Zwaan] of Leiden, with early support from C. H. Dodd, T. W. Manson, and others. 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. A first General Meeting planned for September 1939 did not take place because of the outbreak of the Second World War.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. Since then the society has met annually, typically in late July or early August. 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.
The society launched its journal New Testament Studies in 1954–55, and the Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series began publishing in 1965. Both are issued by Cambridge University Press.