The stewardship of institutions is a moral responsibility. It is easy to diminish them unthinkingly or even willfully to demonize them, because institutions have done, and can do, terrible things. But they can also do very good things, particularly by combining the focus and energy of multiple individuals in a common undertaking. Through institutions we can do more together than we can do alone.
This journal is that kind of undertaking and consequently that sort of responsibility. It was founded in 2007 by Joel Green at a time when renewed attention was being given to the theological interpretation of Scripture. The main purpose of JTI has therefore always been, and still is, to provide an ongoing venue for an academic conversation about theological interpretation and to further that conversation through new scholarship and an expert exchange of considered perspectives.
To aid that exchange of views, JTI includes biblical scholars and...
