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This post is a shameless advertisement. My only excuse is that
Mark Goodacre posted on the TimesOnline piece about
the world's top Universities.

There's
Auckland at no. 46, well ahead of Emory for example. Now did you know that the cost of doing a PhD in New Zealand is
much lower than in any other country in the top 50 - much lower cost of living, pay only local student fees (subsidised by the NZ government). And as a bonus you'd get to spend a few years living in one of the most peaceful and beautiful countries on earth...
There are two institutions in Auckland (both in a way consortia) offering PhDs in Biblical Studies or Theology at the top-ranking University of Auckland the
School of Theology draws teachers from 4 seminaries, while Carey Baptist College and the Bible College of NZ supply academic staff for the
Tyndale-Carey Graduate School (which supervises in Biblical Studies and Theology for the AUT PhD).