Sheffield Academic Press was an academic imprint based at the

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, known for publications in the fields of Biblical and religious studies. It was launched in the mid-1980s, co-founded by biblical scholars Philip R. Davies and David J. A. Clines. In 2003 it was merged into

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, an imprint of

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. Its editorial staff included David Orton and

Stanley Porter Stanley E. Porter (born November 23, 1956) is a Canadian–American academic and New Testament scholar, specializing in the Koine Greek grammar and linguistics of the New Testament. Life and career Porter was born in Long Beach, California, on ...

. Sheffield Academic Press had at one time been the imprint of the ''

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'', the '' Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus'', the '' Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha'', the ''

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'', and the ''

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''. It was also the imprint for a series of studies on

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, under the title ''Perspectives on Contemporary Legend''. In 2004, a new imprint,

Sheffield Phoenix Press Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd. (SPP) is an independent academic publisher specializing in biblical studies. It was launched in January 2004, continuing the traditions of the former Sheffield Academic Press. SPP's main series of titles are Hebrew B ...

, co-founded by David J. A. Clines, was established.

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