The Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins is currently working on four different projects. They include:

• The Ostia Synagogue-area Masonry Analysis Project (UT-OSMAP)  UT-OSMAP is a five-year archaeological field project under the direction of Dr. L. Michael White, working under the auspices of the Superintendency of Archaeology for Ostia Antica, the ancient port city of Rome. The goal of the project is to reevaluate the area around the ancient synagogue of Ostia, which was rediscovered in 1961.
  
  
• Cities of the New Testament World   Combining archaeological work with study of religious groups and literature is the focus of an ongoing project on the cities of the Roman empire with special emphasis on those most closely associated with the New Testament. These include cities such as Rome, Corinth, Ephesus, Thessalonika, Pergamon, and Philippi.
  
  
• Christian Origins, Ancient Judaism, and Classical Culture  One of the most important areas of recent scholarship on both Christianity and Judaism in antiquity has been the study of the language and social setting used by the people who inhabited the Graeco-Roman world. This involves study of New Testament authors, such as Paul, and Jewish authors, such as Philo and Josephus, all of whom wrote in Greek.
  
  
• Studies in Ancient Jewish and Christian Literature  Ongoing areas of research in Christian Origins, the New Testament, and ancient Judaism are explored through courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Among other research topics, this group gives special attention to translations of Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman texts related to religion, many of which are published by the SBL in a series on Writings from the Graeco-Roman World.