Sheffield Academic Press was an academic imprint, particularly highly regarded for publications in the fields 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...

 and religious studies

Religious studies

Religious studies is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives.While theology attempts to...

, based at the University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...

. It was launched in the mid-1980s, co-founded by biblical scholars Philip R. Davies

Philip R. Davies

Philip R. Davies is a biblical scholar with interests in Early Judaism, History of Ancient Israel, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Davies has been labeled a biblical minimalist and associated with the Copenhagen School...

 and David J. A. Clines. In 2003 it was merged to T&T Clark

T&T Clark

T&T Clark is a British publishing firm which was founded in Edinburgh in 1821 and which now exists as an imprint of Continuum International Publishing Group....

, an imprint of Continuum International Publishing Group

Continuum International Publishing Group

The Continuum International Publishing Group is a publisher of books, with its editorial offices in London and New York City. It had been owned by Nova Capital Management since 2005...

. The success of the press was due in no small part to the volume of editorial work done by the two founding editors, as well as several of their editorial staff, notably David Orton and Stanley Porter.

Sheffield Academic Press has at one time or another been the imprint of the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

The Journal for the Study of the Old Testament is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers five times a year in the field of Biblical Studies. The journal's editors are John Jarick and Keith Whitelam...

, the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus

Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus

is designed to 'provide a forum for academic discussion of Jesus within the context of 1st-century Palestine'. It is intended to be accessible to a non-scholarly readership who are interested in this field....

, the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha

Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha

Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers four times a year in the field of Theology. The journal's editors are James Mueller , Loren Stuckenbruck and Robert Hayward...

, the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, and the Journal of Pentecostal Theology.

It was also the imprint for a series of studies on urban legend

Urban legend

An urban legend, urban myth, urban tale, or contemporary legend, is a form of modern folklore consisting of stories that may or may not have been believed by their tellers to be true...

, under the title Perspectives on Contemporary Legend.