Nelson Hsieh

currently lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is Assistant Professor of New Testament, and the Associate Director of the Center for New Testament Textual Studies (CNTTS).

Nelson was formerly the Research Associate in New Testament Text & Language at Tyndale House Cambridge from 2022 - 2025.

While at Tyndale House, Nelson produced an 8-episode podcast with Dirk Jongkind: https://tyndalehouse.com/category/series/nt-manuscripts/

Nelson is originally from Los Angeles, California and is married to Hannah. They have three children (two boys and a girl).

This blog’s name ‘Bring the parchments’ comes from 2 Timothy 4:13, where Paul asks Timothy to bring his “cloak … and the books, especially the parchments.” Even in prison, Paul was an avid reader and writer.

I study ancient manuscripts and how they open up the message of Scripture in unique ways that are different from our modern printed Bibles.

Education

• 2022, PhD (Systematic Theology and New Testament), The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

• 2015, ThM (Systematic Theology), The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

• 2011, M.Div, The Master’s Seminary

• 2008, B.A. (Classics), The University of California at Berkeley