Publications
Publications
1. books
- Adolphsen, Helge / Jantsch, Torsten / Severin-Kaiser, Martina (eds.), Den gemeinsamen Glauben bekennen. Declarations and texts of the Theological Commission of the Working Group of Christian Churches in Hamburg from three decades, Rosengarten near Hamburg 2009.
- Jantsch, Torsten, "God all in all" (1 Corinthians 15:28). Studies on Paul's understanding of God in 1 Thessalonians and in the Corinthian correspondence (WMANT 129), Neukirchen-Vluyn 2011.
- du Toit, David S. (with the collaboration of Torsten Jantsch) (ed.), Bedrängnis und Identität. Studien zu Situation, Kommunikation und Theologie des 1. Petrusbriefes (BZNW 200), Berlin; New York 2013.
- Klumbies, Paul-Gerhard / du Toit, David S. (with the collaboration of Nils Neumann and Torsten Jantsch) (eds.), Paulus - Werk und Wirkung. Festschrift for Andreas Lindemann on his 70th birthday, Tübingen 2013.
- Jantsch, Torsten (ed.), Paul - Apostel mit Geschichte und vielen Facetten, Religion betrifft uns 4/2014, Aachen: Bergmoser + Höller, 2014 [religious education material booklet].
- Jantsch, Torsten (ed.), Women, men, angels. Perspectives on 1 Cor 11:2-16, with contributions by David S. du Toit, Torsten Jantsch and Loren T. Stuckenbruck and a bibliography by Jacob Brouwer (BThS 152), Neukirchen-Vluyn 2015.
- Jantsch, Torsten, Jesus, the Saviour. The soteriology of the Lucan double work (WUNT 381), Tübingen 2017.
- In preparation: Jantsch, Torsten, Jerusalem als christlicher Erinnerungsort. The beginnings. Under contract for the series Locations in Antiquity and ChristianityHiersemann: Stuttgart.
2. essays
- Jantsch, Torsten, Penitential Prayer in Luke-Acts in its Early Jewish Context, in: Anuarul Uniunii Bibliştilor din România [Annual of the Union of the Biblical Scholars in Romania] 8 (2014), 45-66.
- Jantsch, Torsten, Silent and veiled: An early Christian ideal of women?, in: WuB (4/2015), 26-31.
- Jantsch, Torsten, "Control over Her Head" (1 Cor 11:10). Prophetic Inspiration as Background of 1 Cor 11,2-16, in: Cilliers Breytenbach (ed.), Paul's Graeco-Roman Context (BEThL 277), Leiden 2015, 401-413.
- Jantsch, Torsten, The woman should exercise control over her head (1 Cor 11:10). On the historical, cultural and religious background of 1 Cor 11:2-16, in: Women, Men, Angels. Perspectives on 1 Cor 11:2-16, with contributions by David S. du Toit, Torsten Jantsch and Loren T. Stuckenbruck and a bibliography by Jacob Brouwer (BThS 152), Neukirchen-Vluyn 2015, 97-144.
- Jantsch, Torsten, Introduction to the problems of 1 Cor 11:2-16 and the history of its interpretation, in: Torsten Jantsch (ed.), Frauen, Männer, Engel. Perspectives on 1 Cor 11:2-16, with contributions by David S. du Toit, Torsten Jantsch and Loren T. Stuckenbruck and a bibliography by Jacob Brouwer (BThS 152), Neukirchen-Vluyn 2015, 1-60.
- Jantsch, Torsten, God and His Faithfulness in Paul. Aspects of The History of Research in the Light of The Letter to the Romans, in: Michael F. Bird Bird / Christoph Heilig / Jay Thomas Hewitt (eds.), God and the Faithfulness of Paul. A Critical Examination of the Pauline Theology of N. T. Wright (WUNT II/413), Tübingen 2015, 463-488.
- Jantsch, Torsten, 'Socratic' Themes in the Areopagus. Acts 17:22-31 in the context of ancient philosophical history, in: EC 8 (2017), 481-503. https://doi.org/10.1628/186870317X15100584934621
- Jantsch, Torsten, Cynical argumentation in the letter to the Romans. Romans 1-2 and Ps.-Diogenes, Epistula 28 in comparison, in: NTS 64 (2018), 44-63. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002868851700025X
- Jantsch, Torsten, The God of Glory. Explicit References to God in Discourses in the Acts of the Apostles (7:2-53; 14:15-18; 17:22-31), in: Stellenbosch Theological Journal 4 (2018), 197-222. https://doi.org/10.17570/stj.2018.v4n2.a10
- Jantsch, Torsten, Salvation and the Fate of Jesus in Luke-Acts, in: David S. du Toit / Christine Gerber / Christiane Zimmermann (eds.), Sōtēria. Salvation in Early Christianity and Antiquity: Festschrift in Honour of Cilliers Breytenbach on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday (NT.S 175, Leiden; Boston 2019, 209-226.
- Jantsch, Torsten, Jesus as Benefactor. A Neglected Aspect of Luke's Christology, in: NT 64 (2022), 277-295. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685365-bja10023
- Jantsch, Torsten, Jerusalem auf der "mentalen Landkarte" des Paulus, in: Huber, Konrad and Kobel, Esther (eds.), Raum und Raumvorstellungen bei Paulus (Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible 17), Leiden 2024, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.30965/9783657796533_002
- Jantsch, Torsten, Tacitus's Excursus on the Jews (Histories 5.2-13) within its Historical Context, in: Frank Ueberschaer / Benedikt Collinet (eds.), Jew-hatred in the Second Temple Period
- (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies), Berlin et al. (in press)
3. encyclopaedia article
- Jantsch, Torsten, Art. Jerusalem (NT), in: Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet, ed. by Michaela Bauks, Stefan Alkier et al. (2022), https://www.bibelwissenschaft.de/stichwort/51862/
4. reviews
- Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "H. Scherer, Geistreiche Argumente. Paul's concept of pneuma in the context of his letters (NTA.NF 55), Münster 2011", in: ThRev 108 (2012), 467-469.
- Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "J. R. Harrison, Paul and the Imperial Authorities at Thessalonica and Rome (WUNT 273), Tübingen 2011", in: ThLZ 137 (2012), 186-187.
- Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "J. Gillner, Gericht bei Lukas (WUNT II/401), Tübingen: Mohr, 2015", in: Studies on the New Testament and its Environment (SNTU) 41.4 (2016), 224-227.
- Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "Harry O. Maier, Picturing Paul in Empire. Imperial Image, Text and Persuasion in Colossians, Ephesians and the Pastoral Epistles, London/Edinburgh 2013", in: Review of Biblical Literature (2017), http://www.bookreviews.org.
- Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "J.L. González, The Story Luke Tells. Luke's Unique Witness to the Gospel, Grand Rapids/Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans, 2015", in: Studies in the New Testament and its Environment (SNTU) 42.4 (2017), 219-222.
- Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "R. Hoppe/M. Reichardt (eds.), Lukas - Paulus - Pastoralbriefe. Festschrift für Alfons Weiser zum 80. Geburtstag (SBS 230), Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2014", in: Biblische Bücherschau 6/2018 (https://www.bibelwerk.de/verein/buecherschau/).
- Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "K. Divjanovic, Paulus als Philosoph. Das Ethos des Apostels vor dem Hintergrund antiker Populärphilosophie (NTA.NF 58), Münster: Aschendorff, 2015", in: Biblische Bücherschau 7/2018 (https://www.bibelwerk.de/verein/buecherschau/).
- Jantsch, Torsten, review of "W. Grünstäudl/U. Poplutz, T. Nicklas (eds.), Der zweite Petrusbrief und das Neue Testament (WUNT 397), Tübingen 2017", in: Biblische Bücherschau (10/2019), www.bibelwerk.de/verein/buecherschau/.
- Jantsch, Torsten, review of "K. Hess, Rhetor, philosopher, spirit bearer. The theme of education in the Lucanian portrayal of Paul (FzB 137), Würzburg: Echter 2019", in: Biblische Bücherschau (06/2022), www.bibelwerk.de/verein/buecherschau/.
- Jantsch, Torsten, review of: "A. Bedenbender, Der gescheiterte Messias (Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Umwelt 5), Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 2019", in: Biblical Book Review (2024), https://www.bibelwerk.de/verein/buecherschau/.
5. lectures (in selection)
In preparation: The Current State of Research on Acts (2015-2024). Seminar paper in the seminar "Interpreting the Book of Acts in the 21st Century: Problems and Methods", at the SNTS General Meeting, Regensburg 5-9 August 2025
Jerusalem in Luke and contemporary Roman authors in comparison. Seminar paper in the seminar "Acta politica" at the SNTS General Meeting, Vienna 25-29 July 2023 (invited seminar paper)
Reading Philostratus' Life of Apollonius. Plenary session in the framework of: Reading Bioi together: Social Memory Theory meets Classics. Prague - Passau Symposium Series: Traditions, Transmissions, and Texts in Early Judaism and Christianity, Passau, 15-16 May 2023
"Against all other humans hostile hate:" Tacitus' accusation against Jews in Histories 5.5.1 within its historical context. Short paper at the SBL International Meeting, Salzburg, 17-21 July 2022
The multifaceted image of Jerusalem in the Lucan double work. Lecture at the Department of Protestant Theology at Saarland University on 22 November 2021
Places of Memory in Early Christianity: A New Research Paradigm (Supplements). Lecture at the New Testament Colloquium of the School of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the University of Augsburg on 15 June 2021
Places of Memory in the Acts of the Apostles. A new research paradigm presented on the basis of Philippi, Athens and Ephesus (Acts 16:9-40; 17:16-34; 19:1-40). Lecture at the online conference of the New Testament section of the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie on 8 September 2020. Published as a video at bit.ly/30gtpyL
Luke 16:19-31 against the background of Greco-Roman descriptions of Hades. A new look at an old problem in Luke research, lecture at the Protestant Theological School of the University of Göttingen, 2 December 2019
Jesus as Benefactor: A Neglected Aspect of Luke's Christology. Short paper for the SNTS General Meeting, 30 July - 2 August 2019, Marburg
A Memory of Hades: The Description of the Underworld in Luke 16:19-31 before the Background of Greco-Roman Literature. Invited paper for the conference "Social Memory Theory and the Conceptions of Afterlife in Early Judaism and Christianity", 16-17 May 2019, Prague
Jerusalem as "Realm of Memory" (lieu de mémoire) in Luke-Acts. Seminar paper in the seminar "Memory, Narrative and Christology in the Synoptic Gospels" at the General Meeting of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS) in Athens, 7-10 August 2018
The God of Glory: God in Explicit Discourses in Acts (7:2-53; 14:8-18; 17:22-31). Invited paper at the International Colloquium for the Study of the New Testament (ICSNT) in Bloemfontein, South Africa, 4 June 2018
Metanoia in Luke-Acts: Recent Approaches and Fresh Insights. Paper presented at the SBL Annual Meeting 18-21 November 2017, Boston, in the Section: Gospel of Luke, Chairs: John T. Carroll and Mark A. Matson
"Jerusalem among the Gentiles": Jerusalem as "Realm of Memory" (lieux de mémoire) in the Pagan Greek and Latin Collective Memory. Paper presented at the SBL Annual Meeting 18-21 November 2017, Boston, in the Section: Space, Place, and Lived Experience in Antiquity, Chairs: Eric C. Smith and Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre
Romans 1-2 in the context of Cynic philosophy. Guest lecture at the German-English Colloquium of the Institute for Ancient Judaism and Hellenistic Religious History, University of Tübingen, 19 July 2016
Paul among the philosophers. The episode in Athens Acts 17:16-34 in the context of ancient philosophical history. Habilitation lecture at the Protestant Theological School of the LMU Munich on 4 February 2016
A Cynic Background of Romans 1-2: Ps.-Diogenes, Epistula 28 and Rom 1:19-32; 2:14-15, 1729 in Comparison. Short paper for the SBL Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 22 November 2015, Pauline Epistles programme unit, Chair: Edward Adams, King's College, London
Penitential Prayer in Luke-Acts in its Early Jewish Context. Invited paper to the symposium of biblical scholars, Sibiu, 28 February 2014
Authority on Her Head (1 Cor 11:10). The Historical, Cultural and Religious Background of 1 Cor 11:2-16. Short paper for the Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense LXII. Paul's Graeco-Roman Context, Leuven, 16-18 July 2013
God's invisible attributes are known from the created universe? Rom 1:19-21 reconsidered. Short paper for the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Amsterdam, 25 July 2012