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). #skystorians
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This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.
February 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.
Book request: does any one have access to Shmuel Ahituv's Echoes from the Past: Hebrew and Cognate Inscriptions from the Biblical Period? I'd love to get it for our students but I'm unsure if Carta even makes an ebook, and it's out of stock in print everywhere.
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Book request: does any one have access to Shmuel Ahituv's Echoes from the Past: Hebrew and Cognate Inscriptions from the Biblical Period? I'd love to get it for our students but I'm unsure if Carta even makes an ebook, and it's out of stock in print everywhere.
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If you think that you have missed out in taking part in #IMC2026... Happy Medieval Monday to you because the Late Call for Proposals is still open! 😀 🎊
Click here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/lat... and have a look at the sessions which could contain your future research!
#MedievalSky
Click here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/lat... and have a look at the sessions which could contain your future research!
#MedievalSky
February 2, 2026 at 10:30 AM
If you think that you have missed out in taking part in #IMC2026... Happy Medieval Monday to you because the Late Call for Proposals is still open! 😀 🎊
Click here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/lat... and have a look at the sessions which could contain your future research!
#MedievalSky
Click here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/lat... and have a look at the sessions which could contain your future research!
#MedievalSky
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My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.
Please share and give feedback!
xeirographa.com
Please share and give feedback!
xeirographa.com
Xeirographa
A guided learning platform for reading Greek manuscripts with interactive transcription exercises.
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December 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.
Please share and give feedback!
xeirographa.com
Please share and give feedback!
xeirographa.com
Westminster Coll. Cambridge will be having a winter language school in Christian Arabic in early January 2027: www.westminster.cam.ac.uk/biblical-lan...
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January 28, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Westminster Coll. Cambridge will be having a winter language school in Christian Arabic in early January 2027: www.westminster.cam.ac.uk/biblical-lan...
The momentous unrolling of Prof George Brooke's facsimile Great Isaiah Scroll here at Bristol's Religion and Theology research seminar. George spoke to us on: "From fake news to AI Scribes: the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls since 2000 and its implications."
January 28, 2026 at 6:58 AM
The momentous unrolling of Prof George Brooke's facsimile Great Isaiah Scroll here at Bristol's Religion and Theology research seminar. George spoke to us on: "From fake news to AI Scribes: the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls since 2000 and its implications."
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Apply for a #grant of up to £4k for research related to Anglo-Jewry.
Individuals and institutions may apply: professional or lay scholars, PhD students, organisations, museums, libraries, archives.
Deadline: April 2026
Visit: www.jhse.org/jhse-awards
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Apply for a #grant of up to £4k for research related to Anglo-Jewry.
Individuals and institutions may apply: professional or lay scholars, PhD students, organisations, museums, libraries, archives.
Deadline: April 2026
Visit: www.jhse.org/jhse-awards
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JHSE Grant Applications
Apply for a grant of up to £4,000 to facilitate research and publication on topics related to Anglo-Jewry and its wider context. Both individuals and institutions are eligible to apply including profe...
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January 27, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Apply for a #grant of up to £4k for research related to Anglo-Jewry.
Individuals and institutions may apply: professional or lay scholars, PhD students, organisations, museums, libraries, archives.
Deadline: April 2026
Visit: www.jhse.org/jhse-awards
www.jhse.org/post/jhse-gr...
Apply for a #grant of up to £4k for research related to Anglo-Jewry.
Individuals and institutions may apply: professional or lay scholars, PhD students, organisations, museums, libraries, archives.
Deadline: April 2026
Visit: www.jhse.org/jhse-awards
www.jhse.org/post/jhse-gr...
I am so sad to hear of the passing of Prof David Abulafia. Fondest memories of David and Anna from Cambridge, History Fac and Beth Shalom. He was a wonderful scholar and great historian. Condolences to his wife Anna Sapir Abulafia. May his memory be for a blessing.
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David Abulafia (1949-2026)
Professor David Abulafia CBE has died. He was 76.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:18 AM
I am so sad to hear of the passing of Prof David Abulafia. Fondest memories of David and Anna from Cambridge, History Fac and Beth Shalom. He was a wonderful scholar and great historian. Condolences to his wife Anna Sapir Abulafia. May his memory be for a blessing.
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Wowzers you need so much coffee and time to update Blackboard pages from scratch - we need to update content one by one with the Ultra platform update, no easy migration - to make it worse I've been on mat leave and research leave, and I have 1 week and I don't even know what I'm looking at guys 😅
January 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Wowzers you need so much coffee and time to update Blackboard pages from scratch - we need to update content one by one with the Ultra platform update, no easy migration - to make it worse I've been on mat leave and research leave, and I have 1 week and I don't even know what I'm looking at guys 😅
Letting all our lights shine this month in our interfaith family with homemade latkes and homemade mince pies ... but this year's mince pies won't have apple! I have a good friend who is allergic to apple but they celebrate Christmas and hence this year's batch is apple-free. Mrs Beeton's recipe /
December 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Letting all our lights shine this month in our interfaith family with homemade latkes and homemade mince pies ... but this year's mince pies won't have apple! I have a good friend who is allergic to apple but they celebrate Christmas and hence this year's batch is apple-free. Mrs Beeton's recipe /
For the total history nerds on your shopping list for the holidays, look no further - Masters of Games have you covered: www.mastersofgames.com/cat/board/bo...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
For the total history nerds on your shopping list for the holidays, look no further - Masters of Games have you covered: www.mastersofgames.com/cat/board/bo...
Kids, don't let your training dictate your entire teaching/research destiny. Industry/academy life stories, both humanities and sciences, are full of versions of "I trained as an archaeologist, but now I'm an art historian."/"I trained as a biologist, now I'm in chemistry." /
December 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Kids, don't let your training dictate your entire teaching/research destiny. Industry/academy life stories, both humanities and sciences, are full of versions of "I trained as an archaeologist, but now I'm an art historian."/"I trained as a biologist, now I'm in chemistry." /
Time to check for dead links on my toolkit website! Very sad when a database (usually the university-hosted ones) goes defunct from lack of funding/maintenance. There should be some provision for archival capture and open source since it happens so often. Don't just let your beautiful database go!
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Time to check for dead links on my toolkit website! Very sad when a database (usually the university-hosted ones) goes defunct from lack of funding/maintenance. There should be some provision for archival capture and open source since it happens so often. Don't just let your beautiful database go!
Bring back the 90s: start with encyclopedias, boredom, & video tape. Mass hysterias were not weekly occurrences and few people had such extreme political opinions that "became their whole personality". Mass hysterias and fads were Beanie Beanies and boy/girl bands, not zombifying TikToks. Whazzup.
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Bring back the 90s: start with encyclopedias, boredom, & video tape. Mass hysterias were not weekly occurrences and few people had such extreme political opinions that "became their whole personality". Mass hysterias and fads were Beanie Beanies and boy/girl bands, not zombifying TikToks. Whazzup.
Good finds at the Ashmolean before my OCHJS seminar. I love this museum - what a quality collection @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Good finds at the Ashmolean before my OCHJS seminar. I love this museum - what a quality collection @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
The butcher recommended ox cheek instead of braising beef for any kind of beef stew - and I can say it's absolutely the most delicious thing. Get your stew game on!
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The butcher recommended ox cheek instead of braising beef for any kind of beef stew - and I can say it's absolutely the most delicious thing. Get your stew game on!
Congrats, Joseph!
Some news: www.uia.no/forskning/fo...
The Research Council of Norway has awarded me a grant to examine concepts of violence in ancient Jewish war narratives. More soon, including a postdoc position hire.
The Research Council of Norway has awarded me a grant to examine concepts of violence in ancient Jewish war narratives. More soon, including a postdoc position hire.
UiA-forskar får 10 millionar til å forske på vald i gamle tekstar
- Universitetet i Agder
Joseph Scales forskar på hebraiske og greske bibeltekstar. Forskingsrådet meiner han er ein banebrytande ung forskar og gir han millionar til å forske vidare.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Congrats, Joseph!
Really adore Yentl. Great read, thank you, Sonia!
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Really adore Yentl. Great read, thank you, Sonia!
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Value and significance is a misleading word in education (and research) biblicaltoolkit.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/v...
Value and significance is a misleading word in education (and research)
We should be wary of value and significance as ways of defending subjects to be given attention. In order to describe a subject as having value or significance, to make its chief selling point as t…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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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
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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.
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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!
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