NEW TESTAMENT

Eschatology is a central theological theme in the New Testament. It frames Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom of God in the gospels, and in the epistles provides the grounding of our understanding of both discipleship in the present and hope for the future. In previous generations, its importance has often been marginalised, and in contemporary scholarship and popular reading, many aspects of eschatology are highly contested.

We invite proposals of up to 200 words for papers on topics relating to the theme, which could include (but are not limited to) questions around the language of eschatological expectation in any section of the New Testament, themes across different texts, addressing specific contested questions, and the nature of eschatological in the New Testament against its Old Testament background and its context in Second Temple Judaism.

The sessions will include a panel discussion with Dr Bruce Longenecker and Dr Sydney Tooth regarding their recent research and publications in this area. We are anticipating that, depending on the range of subjects covered, the papers might well form the core of a publication following the conference. We also welcome proposals for papers on any NT topic for an open session.

Paper titles and proposals should be sent to Paul Wilson paul.wilson@ed.ac.uk, by Friday 3 January 2025. We plan to publish the full programme mid-January 2025.

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The New Testament Study Group will meet concurrently with Tyndale Fellowship's other Study Groups from 30 June to 2 July 2025 at The Hayes Conference Centre, Derbyshire, UK.