Hi, I'm curious if anyone knows what happened to U Chicago's "New Testament and Early Christian Literature" PhD program. All I can figure out from web research is that this program recently existed under U Chicago's Humanities division (it still pops up in a google search), but does not seem to be running anymore. Currently it seems that the main option for studying the New Testament at U Chicago is to go through the Biblical Studies area of the Divinity School's Religion PhD program.
Can anyone provide more information about this? Is it true that the NT-specific program was cut, and if so, why? Does this indicate that resources for NT study at U Chicago have diminished over time? Also, can anyone speak to the quality of the Biblical Studies PhD program area at U Chicago Divinity? Thanks so much!