The Radboud Prestige Lectures in New Testament feature international scholarship of the highest order. The lectures are delivered by distinguished scholars of the New Testament who are without exception prominent leaders within their particular area of scholarly focus.
Upcoming edition - 18 May 2026
The next edition of the Radboud Prestige Lectures takes place on Monday, May 18 and will be delivered by Prof. David Horrell (Exeter) on the topic ‘Decolonising New Testament Studies: Reflections and Prospects from a European Perspective. For more information, please contact Matthijs den Dulk.
Format
The lectures are held (bi-)annually at Radboud’s historic Soeterbeeck venue and are published by Brill Academic Publishers, who generously support this series. The published volumes feature, in addition to the lectures themselves, responses by scholars from all over the world. This unique format allows for in-depth discussion of the proposals set forth in the lectures and creates a forum for cutting-edge debate among leading scholarly voices.
Recent Radboud Prestige Lectures
- Loren Stuckenbruck (München) - publication forthcoming.
- Judith Lieu (Cambridge) - published in Early Christian Epistolarity
- Cilliers Breytenbach (Berlin) – publication forthcoming.
- Jörg Frey (Zürich) – published in 2 Peter and the Apocalypse of Peter: Towards a New Perspective
- Alan Culpepper (Atlanta) – published in Creation Stories in Dialogue: The Bible, Science, and Folk Traditions
- Pieter W. van der Horst (Utrecht) – published in Saxa judaica loquuntur: Lessons from Early Jewish Inscriptions
- Michael Wolter (Bonn) – published in The Quest for the Real Jesus
Organised by
The Radboud Prestige Lectures in New Testament were initiated by Jan van der Watt and are currently coordinated by Matthijs den Dulk. The Radboud Prestige Lectures are part of the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies.