The Center provides opportunities for the study of the New Testament text for visiting scholars and students as well as for NOBTS students. Visiting scholars and students should contact Dr. Bill Warren to arrange for study in the Center or for workshops and praxis on textual criticism, manuscript analysis, and paleography.
Through the Center, NOBTS students can engage in advanced supervised study in the field of NT Textual Criticism on the Masters and Ph.D. levels, including participating in the following:
If you are interested in visiting the CNTTS as a Visiting Scholar, please contact us by filling the form: Scholars Grant Application We will be glad to work with you.
NOBTS - Providence Guest House, conveniently located across the street from the Seminary, offers affordable, safe, comfortable, and clean facilities, with all the resources you would find in a hotel.
If you want to be trained in textual Criticism at any level, the CNTTS can provide you Short Term Training (STT). CNTTS has available resources and experts, so we can work together on a plan according to your time frame. You will have access to the holdings of the Center including:
If you are interested in a Short Term Training, please contact us by filling the form: Short Term Training We will be glad to work with you.
The CNTTS provides to NOBTS students the opportunity to be an apprentice of Textual Criticism with a stipend. If you have working proficiency in Greek, and a passion for exploring Greek New Testament manuscripts, then take the challenge and apply. Please fill this form: Student Fellowship Application
The Ph.D. degree program at NOBTS is fully accredited by both SACS and ATS. The program is a resident research doctoral program, offering specialized studies in such areas as textual criticism, Synoptic studies, Johannine studies, Pauline studies, Hebrews, and Apocalyptic literature. Interested persons should contact the Research Doctoral Programs office for further information on entrance requirements, applications, and deadlines.
Each of the NT department’s tenured faculty has a minimum of 10 years of teaching experience as well as substantial ministry experience:
The Division of Biblical Studies is grateful to Zondervan for providing an annual award for the areas of New Testament Greek studies and Old Testament Hebrew Studies. The recipients of this award are recognized for their academic achievements in the area of Koine Greek studies on the M.Div. level in our New Testament department.
NOBTS Recipients of the Zondervan Greek Award
1999-2000: William E. James
2000-2001: Terry Michael Carney, Jr.
2001-2002: Hal Clark
2002-2003: Warren Langford
2003-2004: Alex Cui
2004-2005: Charles A. Ray III
2005-2006: David George Champagne
2006-2007: Delio Delrio
2007-2008: Justin Langford
2008-2009: Aleesa Harris
2009-2010: Matt Solomon
2010-2011: Nathan VanHorn
2011-2012: David Justice
2012-2013: Allyson Presswood
2013-2014: Leslie Jensen
2014-2015: Brandon Jenkins
2015-2016: Fabio Miguel Castellanos
2016-2017: Dustin Michael Rigsby
2017-2018: Russell Kirkland
2018-2019: Hoyt Jeremy Denton
NOBTS Recipients of the Zondervan Hebrew Award
2006-2007: Kristi B. Miller
2007-2008: Jason Ryan Hart
2008-2009: Andrea Leigh Robinson
2009-2010: Jaimie Lynn Mosley
2010-2011: Karla Noles
2011-2012: Dustin J. Turner
2012-2013: Benjie Shaw
2013-2014: Cory Barnes
2014-2015: Karen Ann Wolfe
2015-2016: Vinh T. Nguyen
2016-2017: Raphael Forrer
2017-2018: Eric L. Reeves
2018-2019: Brett A. Dickson
2019-2020: Mary Unsworth
For more information on the sponsors of this award, follow this link to the Zondervan home page: http://www.zondervan.com/academic
Michael Theopilus, Larry Hurtado
20th Aniversary
Greer Scholars?
Future: Wasserman?
Some projects to be developed at CNTTS include:
For more information on the New Testament Ph.D. program and Academic Opportunities, please contact us:
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Milton Haggard Center of New Testament Textual Studies
3939 Gentilly Blvd. Of. HSC256
New Orleans, LA 70126
(504) 816-8190
cnttsadmin@nobts.edu