The Journal for the Study of the New Testament is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

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 that publishes papers five times a year in the field of Biblical Studies

Biblical studies

Biblical studies is the academic study of the Judeo-Christian Bible and related texts. For Christianity, the Bible traditionally comprises the New Testament and Old Testament, which together are sometimes called the "Scriptures." Judaism recognizes as scripture only the Hebrew Bible, also known as...

. The journal's editor is Simon Gathercole (Cambridge University). It has been in publication since 1978 and is currently published by SAGE Publications

SAGE Publications

SAGE is an independent academic publisher of books, journals, and electronic products in the humanities and social sciences and the scientific, technical, and medical fields. SAGE was founded in 1965 by George McCune and Sara Miller McCune. The company is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California,...

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Scope

The journal for the Study of the New Testament publishes papers on work from historical perspectives, studies using social-scientific and literary theory or developing theological, cultural and contextual approaches. The journal aims to present a resource for scholars, teachers in the field of New Testament, postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal for the study of the New Testament is abstracted and indexed in the following databases:

• Academic Complete
  Academic Search
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• Academic Premier
  Academic Search
  Academic Search is a monthly indexing service. It was first published in 1997 by EBSCO Publishing in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Its academic focus was international universities, covering social science, education, psychology, and other subjects. Publishing formats covered were academic journals,...
  
  
• SCOPUS
  Scopus
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• ZETOC