About
The Scholar & His Work
Nathan Betz is a theologian and historian whose research explores one of the most powerful images in the Christian imagination: the New Jerusalem of John's Revelation.
His work traces how the earliest Christians — from the second century through late antiquity — understood, debated, and were transformed by this vision of the heavenly city.
He is the author of City of Gods: The New Jerusalem of Revelation in Early Christianity (Brill, 2025), a landmark study spanning over 500 pages that reconstructs how figures from Justin Martyr to Origen to Cyprian interpreted Revelation's holy city. He also co-edited Revelation's New Jerusalem in Late Antiquity (Mohr Siebeck, 2024), a collaborative volume bringing together leading scholars on the topic.
Before entering academia, Nathan spent nearly two decades in marketing and creative direction, working with agencies like AKQA and Wunderman on campaigns for brands including Verizon, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Diet Coke. He brings that rare combination of scholarly depth and communicative clarity to everything he does.