Early Christianity (EC)
Managing Editor: Jens Schröter
Editors: Jörg Frey (Zürich), Teresa Morgan (New Haven), Clare K. Rothschild (Chicago), and Jens Schröter (Berlin)
Advisory Board (2023–2025): Mordechai Aviam (Kinneret College), Dylan Burns (Amsterdam), John S. Kloppenborg (Toronto), Christina Kreinecker (Leuven), Laura Suzanne Lieber (Durham, N.C.), Hindy Najman (Oxford), Janet Spittler (Charlottesville), and Jürgen K. Zangenberg (Leiden)
Volume 16 (2025) / Price per volume (4 issues with approx. 520 pages)
The journal is concerned with early Christianity as a historical phenomenon. Thereby, Early Christianity aims to overcome certain limitations which have hindered the development of the discipline, including the concept of the "New Testament" itself. The journal, then, is taken to cover not only the first Christian century but also the second.
Submissions
Submission
Manuscripts and editorial inquiries should be sent to the managing editor at the following address:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Theologische Fakultät
Redaktion Early Christianity
Prof. Dr. Jens Schröter
Burgstraße 26
D-10178 Berlin
Germany
E-mail: early-christianity@hu-berlin.de
Time from submission to decision: 4 weeks on average.
Time from submission of final manuscript to publication: 12 months on average (long times due to publication scheme of alternating curated thematic and regular issues).
Manuscripts
Guidelines for Manuscript Submissions in English
Guidelines for Manuscript Submissions in German
Editorial Policy
By submitting a manuscript, you declare that it is composed of your own original work and that you will not (and have not) submit(ted) this article elsewhere.
Acceptance for publication will be confirmed in writing following editorial review by the editorial board. Randomly selected submissions and suspected cases will be checked for plagiarism using software. Please note that by submitting your manuscript, you agree to the Publication Ethics.
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After the issue is published, all authors will receive a free printed copy.