It is available in print and electronic formats. Founded in 1956, New Testament Abstracts has become an indispensable research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy, and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. Every year NTA abstracts at least 2,150 articles chosen from more than 500 periodicals in numerous languages. Nearly 850 current books are also summarized annually. All abstracts are in English regardless of the language of the original work.
Sources are predominantly journal articles but also include books, essays, and software.
In addition to the subject and author indexes, each issue or edition includes a book review index. The alphabetical subject index lists the subject headings and proper names that describe the content of articles and books. Editors determine which subject headings most accurately describe the contents of each book and article. Each entry cites the title and author of the publication. The author index alphabetically lists the authors of the articles and books.