The ''Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche'' (English: ''Journal for New Testament Studies and the Ancient Church'') is a biannual

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that was established in 1900. It is published by

Walter de Gruyter Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. History The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...

. The focus of the journal is the historical investigation of early

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

, especially on the

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

and nascent Christianity through to the

Patristic Patristics or patrology is the study of the early Christian writers who are designated Church Fathers. The names derive from the combined forms of Latin ''pater'' and Greek ''patḗr'' (father). The period is generally considered to run from ...

period. The current

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is Michael Wolter. Articles are in German, English, or French. A related journal from the same publisher is the ''

Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft The ''Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft'' (''ZATW''/''ZAW'') is an academic German journal established in 1881. It is concerned with theological, linguistic and historical criticism of the Hebrew Bible. Formerly, it represented a ...

''.

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* Journals about ancient Christianity New Testament theology De Gruyter academic journals Publications established in 1900 Multilingual journals Biannual journals Biblical studies journals {{bible-journal-stub

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