Volume 2 | 2026
Editors’ Preface for Volume 2 (2026)
Each issue of Accessible German New Testament Scholarship (AGNTS) is a curated collection of significant contributions to New Testament scholarship from the German-speaking world. The contributions have been translated and presented here as an attempt to continue...
Unpublished Letters of William Wrede on the Problematization of the Messianic Self-Understanding of Jesus
This year [2026] William Wrede’s epoch-making book Das Messiasgeheimnis in den Evangelien. Zugleich ein Beitrag zum Verständnis des Markusevangeliums (The Messianic Secret in the Gospels: At the Same Time a Contribution to the Understanding of the Gospel of Mark)...
“And she was serving them” (Mark 1.31): Exegetical Stories about Peter’s Mother-in-Law
One of the tasks of biblical studies is to explain and make biblical texts accessible for different audiences. In doing so, different exegetical approaches tell different stories about the same biblical text. This article analyses exegetical stories about Simon’s...
εν τινι ειναι as the Background to Paul’s Discourse on Being “in Christ”
Scholars have investigated Paul’s ἐν Χριστῷ phrases for some time, yet no consensus has been reached as to what they mean and how the apostle came to speak of the relationship between believers and Christ in this way. This brief survey shows that the philological...
Der Römerbrief. Ein neuer Kommentar von Beverly Roberts Gaventa, gelesen aus einer deutschsprachigen exegetischen Perspektive
Die bereits sehr umfangreiche Römerbrief-Kommentarszene, die unseres Wissens mit Origenes beginnt, ist um eine weitere gewichtige Neuerscheinung bereichert worden: den knapp 500 Seiten umfassenden Kommentar von Beverly Gaventa. Gaventa legt von vornherein Wert darauf,...
Romans: A New Commentary by Beverly Gaventa, Read from a German-Language Exegetical Perspective
The already very extensive scene of commentaries on Romans, which to our knowledge begins with Origen, has been enriched with another important new publication: the nearly 500-page commentary by Beverly Gaventa. … Download PDF to read more. Author: Oda Wischmeyer...
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