Dr Lindsey A. Davidson
@hebraicaveritas.bsky.social
Lecturer in Jewish Studies, University of Bristol, UK. Historian of ancient Judaism. Digital/AI ethics. BDFI affiliate. BIAJS Secretary (@biajs.bsky.social). STECA Co-Director (@stecacareers.bsky.social).
Change.org petition to stop the axing of TRS at Nottingham. SIGN to support Religious Studies and Theology - stop university leaders from using financial reasons to axe entire subjects they don't see as "value for money"🙄 c.org/G6fypmbHVx
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Change.org petition to stop the axing of TRS at Nottingham. SIGN to support Religious Studies and Theology - stop university leaders from using financial reasons to axe entire subjects they don't see as "value for money"🙄 c.org/G6fypmbHVx
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My former employer, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, will be the first Russell Group university to cut #Theology degrees from next year onwards: thetab.com/2025/11/06/r...
Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social
Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social
Russell Group uni plans to axe a huge 48 courses that aren't 'financially viable' enough
The uni won't accept freshers for 15 subject areas
thetab.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My former employer, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, will be the first Russell Group university to cut #Theology degrees from next year onwards: thetab.com/2025/11/06/r...
Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social
Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social
All time periods accepted - all disciplines encouraged. As long as it's Jewish studies of some kind.
Join us in London in July!
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Call for Papers: BIAJS Conference 2026 (13-15 July, Birkbeck, University of London)
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All time periods accepted - all disciplines encouraged. As long as it's Jewish studies of some kind.
Join us in London in July!
CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
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Join us in London in July!
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CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
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Call for Papers: BIAJS Conference 2026 (13-15 July, Birkbeck, University of London)
CALL FOR PAPERS #BIAJS2026 Space and Place in Jewish Studies British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026 Birkbeck, University of London | July 2026 “there is…
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November 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Join us in London for BIAJS!
Join us in London in July!
CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
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CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
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Call for Papers: BIAJS Conference 2026 (13-15 July, Birkbeck, University of London)
CALL FOR PAPERS #BIAJS2026 Space and Place in Jewish Studies British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026 Birkbeck, University of London | July 2026 “there is…
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November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Join us in London for BIAJS!
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Join us in London in July!
CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck
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CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck
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Call for Papers: BIAJS Conference 2026 (13-15 July, Birkbeck, University of London)
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We are very excited to be joined on Thursday by Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge) for our next CMS Research Seminar: 'The Place of History in the History of Place: Constructing the Literary Landscapes of Medieval Ireland'. We can't wait! #medievalsky #skystorians
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We are very excited to be joined on Thursday by Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge) for our next CMS Research Seminar: 'The Place of History in the History of Place: Constructing the Literary Landscapes of Medieval Ireland'. We can't wait! #medievalsky #skystorians
I just received a FOI request for any content warnings on my unit on Ancient Israel and if so, reasons why. I was happy to oblige with my honest response that I don't have any content warnings on any of my units. The Bible doesn't require a content warning or a trigger warning.
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I just received a FOI request for any content warnings on my unit on Ancient Israel and if so, reasons why. I was happy to oblige with my honest response that I don't have any content warnings on any of my units. The Bible doesn't require a content warning or a trigger warning.
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📺 Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins Rylan Clark & @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on #WitchesOfEssex to investigate the truth behind the British witch trials of the 16th & 17th centuries
Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X
Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X
October 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📺 Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins Rylan Clark & @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on #WitchesOfEssex to investigate the truth behind the British witch trials of the 16th & 17th centuries
Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X
Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X
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My interview with Neal Sendlak, over at Gonstic Informant, is now on Youtube.
It was a really enjoyable discussion about my new book, Between Yahwism and Judaism.
Links to the video and to the book (free to download for a limited time!) in the first comment.
It was a really enjoyable discussion about my new book, Between Yahwism and Judaism.
Links to the video and to the book (free to download for a limited time!) in the first comment.
October 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
My interview with Neal Sendlak, over at Gonstic Informant, is now on Youtube.
It was a really enjoyable discussion about my new book, Between Yahwism and Judaism.
Links to the video and to the book (free to download for a limited time!) in the first comment.
It was a really enjoyable discussion about my new book, Between Yahwism and Judaism.
Links to the video and to the book (free to download for a limited time!) in the first comment.
Reposted by Dr Lindsey A. Davidson
Link to the interview with Neal:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFin...
Link to the book (download it now for free!):
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFin...
Link to the book (download it now for free!):
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Between Yahwism and Judaism
Cambridge Core - Ancient History - Between Yahwism and Judaism
www.cambridge.org
October 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Link to the interview with Neal:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFin...
Link to the book (download it now for free!):
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFin...
Link to the book (download it now for free!):
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Second Temple Early Career Academy Autumn 2025 Events (online) stecaonline.wordpress.com @stecacareers.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Second Temple Early Career Academy Autumn 2025 Events (online) stecaonline.wordpress.com @stecacareers.bsky.social
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Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah Portion Noach (נֹחַ) with this strange creature.
#ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.12r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
#ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.12r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah Portion Noach (נֹחַ) with this strange creature.
#ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.12r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
#ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.12r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Open letter in support of Prof Michael Ben-Gad, City University London, targeted and harassed by “students” in a protest group, for no other reason than pure anti-semitism - for being an Israeli Jew. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Standing against targeted harassment of Professor Michael Ben-Gad
21 October 2025
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned by a targeted harassment campaign against Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics at City St George’s, University of London, led by a group ca...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Open letter in support of Prof Michael Ben-Gad, City University London, targeted and harassed by “students” in a protest group, for no other reason than pure anti-semitism - for being an Israeli Jew. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This Wednesday I'll be speaking at Cambridge Divinity Faculty, where I did my PhD, OT/HB Seminar, on Orality, Education and Wisdom in Proverbs, Sirach and 1Q/4QInstruction.
October 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This Wednesday I'll be speaking at Cambridge Divinity Faculty, where I did my PhD, OT/HB Seminar, on Orality, Education and Wisdom in Proverbs, Sirach and 1Q/4QInstruction.
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New in Journal of Jewish Studies Volume 76, Issue 2
‘The scribal tractates and the transformation of the Torah scroll’ by Eliav Grossman.
Available to read online at: bit.ly/JJS-Vol-76-2
@ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social #JewishStudies
‘The scribal tractates and the transformation of the Torah scroll’ by Eliav Grossman.
Available to read online at: bit.ly/JJS-Vol-76-2
@ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social #JewishStudies
September 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New in Journal of Jewish Studies Volume 76, Issue 2
‘The scribal tractates and the transformation of the Torah scroll’ by Eliav Grossman.
Available to read online at: bit.ly/JJS-Vol-76-2
@ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social #JewishStudies
‘The scribal tractates and the transformation of the Torah scroll’ by Eliav Grossman.
Available to read online at: bit.ly/JJS-Vol-76-2
@ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social #JewishStudies
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STECA Autumn Activities:
- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat
All online!!
Register by email: laf8861@bristol.ac.uk / josephdscales@gmail.com.
- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat
All online!!
Register by email: laf8861@bristol.ac.uk / josephdscales@gmail.com.
September 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
STECA Autumn Activities:
- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat
All online!!
Register by email: laf8861@bristol.ac.uk / josephdscales@gmail.com.
- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat
All online!!
Register by email: laf8861@bristol.ac.uk / josephdscales@gmail.com.
Times change. All you can control is that you have moral integrity anchoring you to truth and goodness. Develop good character. Inner score card, not an outer score card. Not a political score. Not fake internet points. Not the latest academic bandwagon. Build a monument more lasting than bronze.
September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Times change. All you can control is that you have moral integrity anchoring you to truth and goodness. Develop good character. Inner score card, not an outer score card. Not a political score. Not fake internet points. Not the latest academic bandwagon. Build a monument more lasting than bronze.
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Call for applications for a position as Assistant Professor of Religion in Early Christianity at Princeton University
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September 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Call for applications for a position as Assistant Professor of Religion in Early Christianity at Princeton University
puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
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Got a project? Half a project? Just a vague, Jewish history daydream? Present it at one of our Work in Progress seminars!
Share what you’re currently working on (academic or otherwise — thesis chapters, articles, art) and get constructive feedback from our supportive group.
Share what you’re currently working on (academic or otherwise — thesis chapters, articles, art) and get constructive feedback from our supportive group.
September 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Got a project? Half a project? Just a vague, Jewish history daydream? Present it at one of our Work in Progress seminars!
Share what you’re currently working on (academic or otherwise — thesis chapters, articles, art) and get constructive feedback from our supportive group.
Share what you’re currently working on (academic or otherwise — thesis chapters, articles, art) and get constructive feedback from our supportive group.
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We are thrilled to announce that beginning with our winter issue in January 2026, the Jewish Quarterly Review will become fully open access, including future issues and our whole 136-year back catalog!
Learn more about this exciting change on the blog:
katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/bl...
Learn more about this exciting change on the blog:
katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/bl...
A Gift from JQR and the Katz Center
A century and a third of Jewish scholarship goes open access
katz.sas.upenn.edu
September 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We are thrilled to announce that beginning with our winter issue in January 2026, the Jewish Quarterly Review will become fully open access, including future issues and our whole 136-year back catalog!
Learn more about this exciting change on the blog:
katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/bl...
Learn more about this exciting change on the blog:
katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/bl...
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We're excited to present you with NGG's academic programme for this winter term! Looking forward to seeing you! @jewishhistorical.bsky.social #JewishStudies
September 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We're excited to present you with NGG's academic programme for this winter term! Looking forward to seeing you! @jewishhistorical.bsky.social #JewishStudies
I'm enjoying the rainbows between the stop-start showers this month where we live in Bath. We explain the story of Noah to Jonathan whenever one appears (although Joseph is still his current fave story). We've had a lot of change recently (new house, new school). Family is an anchor and a blessing.
September 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I'm enjoying the rainbows between the stop-start showers this month where we live in Bath. We explain the story of Noah to Jonathan whenever one appears (although Joseph is still his current fave story). We've had a lot of change recently (new house, new school). Family is an anchor and a blessing.
New ethics blog post: What will AI-driven translation do to our brains? The charisma of familiar languages and cognitive mapping in the world of AI. biblicaltoolkit.wordpress.com/blog-feed/
The Biblical Toolkit
Collecting Resources for Biblical, Classical, and Near Eastern Studies
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August 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New ethics blog post: What will AI-driven translation do to our brains? The charisma of familiar languages and cognitive mapping in the world of AI. biblicaltoolkit.wordpress.com/blog-feed/