About Us

The name for this society is The New Testament Society of Southern Africa, abbreviated as the NTSSA.

The vision of the NTSSA is to be the scholarly home for those committed to the research and teaching of the New Testament and related writings, primarily in the context of South Africa and the African continent. The values that the society promotes are:

  • academic excellence
  • the free flow of information and healthy debate
  • tolerance for various viewpoints and approacheds
  • interdisciplinarity
  • equity
  • mutual support
  • diversity as an asset and
  • transparency.

The purpose of the Society is to encourage, develop and support scholarship and research in the field of the New Testament and early Christian studies and related disciplines, specifically within the South African context, to stimulate effective teaching, to promote publication in the field, and to offer its members opportunities for mutual support, intellectual growth, and professional development.

This society’s objectives are grouped under four headings: research, teaching, publications and equity. The purpose of the Society is to encourage, develop and support scholarship and research in the field of the New Testament and related disciplines in general, and specifically within the South African context, to stimulate effective teaching, to promote publication in the field, and to offer its members opportunities for mutual support, intellectual growth, and professional development.

The society also strives for sensitivity and inclusivity regarding race, gender and disabilities. The society successfully implemented a postgraduate affiliation (PANTSSA), which provides opportunity for young scholars to share and develop their research. Neotestamentica is the annual scholarly journal of the society.

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