IOSCS
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This account posts news from the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies as well as notices of events and publications related to the academic study of the Septuagint. https://septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/
Call for Papers: Papyrology and the Biblical World research unit, EABS Annual Conference, Leuven, 20–23 July 2026. Abstracts can be submitted by EABS members through the online portal: www.eabs.net
December 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Call for Papers: Papyrology and the Biblical World research unit, EABS Annual Conference, Leuven, 20–23 July 2026. Abstracts can be submitted by EABS members through the online portal: www.eabs.net
Call for Conference Papers: Psalms and Paraphrases, KU Leuven, May 12-13, 2026. Abstracts due January 15, 2026. literatureswithoutborders.com/2025/11/25/c...
Call for Papers: Psalms and Paraphrases
Psalms, their translations and poetical rewritings are the focus of the SRN Literature without Borders’ next conference on 12-13 May 2026 in Leuven. The deadline for the CfP is 15 January 2026.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Call for Conference Papers: Psalms and Paraphrases, KU Leuven, May 12-13, 2026. Abstracts due January 15, 2026. literatureswithoutborders.com/2025/11/25/c...
Call for papers: Biblia Africana (Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia): The Bible in its African Receptions from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, May 5-6, 2026, Brussels. Proposals (in English or French) due December 15, 2025. calenda.org/1314743?lang...
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Call for papers: Biblia Africana (Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia): The Bible in its African Receptions from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, May 5-6, 2026, Brussels. Proposals (in English or French) due December 15, 2025. calenda.org/1314743?lang...
Just published: Eberhard Bons, Anna Mambelli, and Daniela Scialabba, eds., Joy Denied, Joy Rediscovered From Classical Greek Literature to Byzantine Christianity (Brill: 2025). brill.com/display/titl...
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Just published: Eberhard Bons, Anna Mambelli, and Daniela Scialabba, eds., Joy Denied, Joy Rediscovered From Classical Greek Literature to Byzantine Christianity (Brill: 2025). brill.com/display/titl...
Summer Course (in-person/online): The Reception of the Septuagint in the New Testament and the Early Church will be taught by Dr. Edmon Gallagher, May 11-15, 2026, hosted by Trinity Western University and the John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies.
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Summer Course (in-person/online): The Reception of the Septuagint in the New Testament and the Early Church will be taught by Dr. Edmon Gallagher, May 11-15, 2026, hosted by Trinity Western University and the John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies.
Call for Papers: The Bible in Middle Eastern Manuscript Traditions, University of Rome Tor Vergata, April 22-24, 2026. Abstracts due January 1, 2026.
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Call for Papers: The Bible in Middle Eastern Manuscript Traditions, University of Rome Tor Vergata, April 22-24, 2026. Abstracts due January 1, 2026.
Just published: Matthew J. Albanese, Translation Technique and Literary Structures in Greek Isaiah 13:1–14:23, SCS 79 (SBL Press, 2025). cart.sbl-site.org/books/060479P
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Just published: Matthew J. Albanese, Translation Technique and Literary Structures in Greek Isaiah 13:1–14:23, SCS 79 (SBL Press, 2025). cart.sbl-site.org/books/060479P
New Master's degree program: The Master Jewish and Christian Scriptures: History, Exegesis, Reception (JewChriS) is designed to help graduate students navigate the history of Biblical sources across the Jewish and Christian traditions. www.fscire.it/school/maste...
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
New Master's degree program: The Master Jewish and Christian Scriptures: History, Exegesis, Reception (JewChriS) is designed to help graduate students navigate the history of Biblical sources across the Jewish and Christian traditions. www.fscire.it/school/maste...
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Anneli Aejmelaeus (1948–2025), who had a significant impact on the field of Septuagint studies as professor at the University of Helsinki. A full obituary can be found on the IOSCS website: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/89/
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Anneli Aejmelaeus (1948–2025), who had a significant impact on the field of Septuagint studies as professor at the University of Helsinki. A full obituary can be found on the IOSCS website: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/89/
Congratulations to Raphaëlle Berterottière, who has won the 2025 IOSCS John William Wevers Prize with her paper “Jewish Spiritual Exercises? The Book of Wisdom and Fourth Maccabees in Light of Pierre Hadot’s Understanding of Ancient Philosophy.”
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Congratulations to Raphaëlle Berterottière, who has won the 2025 IOSCS John William Wevers Prize with her paper “Jewish Spiritual Exercises? The Book of Wisdom and Fourth Maccabees in Light of Pierre Hadot’s Understanding of Ancient Philosophy.”
The SBL Asian and Asian-American Hermeneutics Seminar and IOSCS invite you to attend the join session on East-Asian Reception and Translation of the LXX and Jewish Literature at the upcoming SBL meeting in Boston, November 23, 1:00-3:30PM.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The SBL Asian and Asian-American Hermeneutics Seminar and IOSCS invite you to attend the join session on East-Asian Reception and Translation of the LXX and Jewish Literature at the upcoming SBL meeting in Boston, November 23, 1:00-3:30PM.
Virtual Seminar: The Septuagint in Modern Research, December 1, 20215 15:00 GMT (10:00 EST): Marieke Dhont will present on "Hellenistic Jewish Literature in Greek."
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Virtual Seminar: The Septuagint in Modern Research, December 1, 20215 15:00 GMT (10:00 EST): Marieke Dhont will present on "Hellenistic Jewish Literature in Greek."
Exegesis and Reception of the Psalms, 1st International
Göttingen Conference on the Septuagint, September 2–5, 2026 septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/conference20...
Göttingen Conference on the Septuagint, September 2–5, 2026 septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/conference20...
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Exegesis and Reception of the Psalms, 1st International
Göttingen Conference on the Septuagint, September 2–5, 2026 septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/conference20...
Göttingen Conference on the Septuagint, September 2–5, 2026 septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/conference20...
Congratulations to Simon Naveau, who passed his dissertation defense on Nov 3, 2025 at the UCLouvain! His dissertation, “Techniques de traduction de la Septante des Nombres et du Deutéronome, à la lumière du contexte alexandrin” was supervised by Prof. Matthieu Richelle.
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Congratulations to Simon Naveau, who passed his dissertation defense on Nov 3, 2025 at the UCLouvain! His dissertation, “Techniques de traduction de la Septante des Nombres et du Deutéronome, à la lumière du contexte alexandrin” was supervised by Prof. Matthieu Richelle.
Just published: Marieke Dhont, ed., T&T Clark Handbook of Hellenistic Jewish Literature in Greek (T&T Clark: 2025) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tt-clark-...
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just published: Marieke Dhont, ed., T&T Clark Handbook of Hellenistic Jewish Literature in Greek (T&T Clark: 2025) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tt-clark-...
Just published: The Authority of the Septuagint: Biblical, Historical, and Theological Approaches, ed. Gregory R. Lanier and William A. Ross (IVP Academic: 2025). www.ivpress.com/the-authorit...
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just published: The Authority of the Septuagint: Biblical, Historical, and Theological Approaches, ed. Gregory R. Lanier and William A. Ross (IVP Academic: 2025). www.ivpress.com/the-authorit...
Lecture (via Zoom): "Hebrew Texts and Their Greek Reflections," by Julia G. Krivoruchko, November 5 2025, 4:45pm EST mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/event/hebrew...
October 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Lecture (via Zoom): "Hebrew Texts and Their Greek Reflections," by Julia G. Krivoruchko, November 5 2025, 4:45pm EST mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/event/hebrew...
Conference: Transmission, Variation, Transformation of Deuterocanonical Literature, 5-6 November 2025, Metz, Université de Lorraine ecritures.univ-lorraine.fr/manifestatio...
October 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Conference: Transmission, Variation, Transformation of Deuterocanonical Literature, 5-6 November 2025, Metz, Université de Lorraine ecritures.univ-lorraine.fr/manifestatio...
Just published: Jean Maurais, "Septuagint Origins: The State of the Question," Currents in Biblical Research 24 (2025). doi.org/10.1177/1476... @jeanmaurais.bsky.social
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October 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Just published: Jean Maurais, "Septuagint Origins: The State of the Question," Currents in Biblical Research 24 (2025). doi.org/10.1177/1476... @jeanmaurais.bsky.social
31 Oct Lyon/online: « Jérôme et les sources juives et chrétiennes de la Vulgate » avec Paul Rodrigue, à 13h au 22 rue Sala, Lyon 2e, 1er étage, cnrs.zoom.us/j/9970162811... de réunion: 997 0162 8112 Code secret: h7VMUv
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October 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
31 Oct Lyon/online: « Jérôme et les sources juives et chrétiennes de la Vulgate » avec Paul Rodrigue, à 13h au 22 rue Sala, Lyon 2e, 1er étage, cnrs.zoom.us/j/9970162811... de réunion: 997 0162 8112 Code secret: h7VMUv
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
Call For Papers: The Athonite Collections and Their Challenges: Open Access, Traveling Exhibitions, and Digital Surrogates, September 25-26, 2026, Princeton. athoslegacy.project.princeton.edu/announcements/
October 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Call For Papers: The Athonite Collections and Their Challenges: Open Access, Traveling Exhibitions, and Digital Surrogates, September 25-26, 2026, Princeton. athoslegacy.project.princeton.edu/announcements/
Just published: Agnès Lorrain, Jean-Marie Auwers (eds), Ordres et désordres dans les chaînes exégétiques grecques: Order and Disorder in Greek Exegetical Catenae (Brepols: 2025) www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
October 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Just published: Agnès Lorrain, Jean-Marie Auwers (eds), Ordres et désordres dans les chaînes exégétiques grecques: Order and Disorder in Greek Exegetical Catenae (Brepols: 2025) www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
Job opening: An academic in Exegesis of Biblical and Extra-Biblical Texts, UCLouvain jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
An academic in Exegesis of Biblical and Extra-Biblical Texts
An academic in Exegesis of Biblical and Extra-Biblical Texts
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September 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Job opening: An academic in Exegesis of Biblical and Extra-Biblical Texts, UCLouvain jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Virtual Seminar: The Septuagint in Modern Research, October 20, 2025 15:00 BST: Felix Albrecht will present on "The Greek Psalter: Retrospect and Prospect."
September 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Virtual Seminar: The Septuagint in Modern Research, October 20, 2025 15:00 BST: Felix Albrecht will present on "The Greek Psalter: Retrospect and Prospect."