About the Society

The British New Testament Society seeks to promote research of the New Testament and related writings. It sponsors an annual conference, attendance at which is open to those who fall into one of the following categories:

  1. Teach New Testament (or a cognate discipline) at a recognized HEI;
  2. Hold a doctorate in the area of New Testament;
  3. Those involved in postgraduate research in New Testament at doctoral or masters level;
  4. Have previously been in attendance at the Society’s annual conference (subject to (5) below);
  5. By special permission of the committee, for one year only in the first instance, to someone who has made a recognised published contribution to New Testament studies.

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The committee of the British New Testament Society is:

President: Professor Francis Watson, University of Durham
Secretary: Professor Steve Walton, Trinity College, Bristol
Treasurer: Dr John Lyons, University of Bristol
Member: Dr Sean Adams, University of Glasgow
Member: Dr Dorothee Bertschmann, College of the Resurrection, Mirfield
Member: Professor Susan Docherty, Newman University, Birmingham
Member: Dr Elizabeth Shively, University of St Andrews
Information Officer: Professor Paul Middleton, University of Chester

The Society’s constitution can be downloaded here.

BNTS Visual Identity

The font of the BNTS logo is Helvetica Neue.

The main green colour is CMYK: C=77 M=21 Y=42 K=1.

Large versions of the logo can be downloaded also: