The Institute of New Testament Studies is split into two departments with different research emphases.
Department of New Testament and History of Ancient Religion
- History of Religions and Philosophy during the early Roman Imperial period, especially religious Platonism (Plutarch, Philo, Clement of Alexandria)
- Johannine and Pauline Theology and Ethics
- Forms and Hermeneutics of pictorial Language
- New Testament Lexicography
Department of New Testament Literature and Theology
- Theology of Paul the Apostle
- Belief and Doubt as Theological and Identity Theory Topics
- The Urban Character of early Christian Groups
- Cultural Encounters and Identity Discourse in Early Christianity
- Theological and Social Innovation in the Jesus Movement
- The Reception and Developmental History of the New Testament Texts
