75th Anniversary of the International Greek New Testament Project

The thirteenth biennial Birmingham Colloquium on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament was held of the University of Birmingham campus this week by members of the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing (ITSEE), drawing in longstanding colleagues and new young scholars from across the globe to mark the occasion.

The Colloquium was originally founded by David Parker and David Taylor in 1997 and the Birmingham Colloquium is held every two years. From 2007 to 2017, it was co-organised by Hugh Houghton and David Parker, and is currently convened by Hugh Houghton.

The themes for this year's event are catenae, scholia and marginalia in New Testament manuscripts, plus the work, members and editions of the IGNTP as it celebrates its 75th anniversary. 

The conference is held in conjunction with the European Research Council-funded CATENA project with a variety of guest speakers presenting new, undiscovered research on the text and transmission of the New Testament.

The International Greek New Testament Project exists to produce critical editions of books of the New Testament.

Many New Testament scholars have served on the IGNTP committees since their formation in 1948. Until 2007, there were separate North American and British committees, but the work is now overseen by a single body comprising members from a number of countries.

Given that the the IGNTP was originally an Anglo-American project, the University also looks forward to the second stage of the celebration of these seventy-five years at the Society of Biblical Literature meeting in Texas later on this year in November.