Nitzan Shalev
@nitzanshalev.bsky.social
Associate Editor for Biblical Studies at De Gruyter Brill
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Early career scholars in religious studies:
Consider applying for the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise! The deadline for the 2027 Award is June 15, 2026. The Award is given to 10 scholars, and each receives a prize of € 3,000.
More details: fiit-heidelberg.de/awards/laute...
Consider applying for the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise! The deadline for the 2027 Award is June 15, 2026. The Award is given to 10 scholars, and each receives a prize of € 3,000.
More details: fiit-heidelberg.de/awards/laute...
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Early career scholars in religious studies:
Consider applying for the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise! The deadline for the 2027 Award is June 15, 2026. The Award is given to 10 scholars, and each receives a prize of € 3,000.
More details: fiit-heidelberg.de/awards/laute...
Consider applying for the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise! The deadline for the 2027 Award is June 15, 2026. The Award is given to 10 scholars, and each receives a prize of € 3,000.
More details: fiit-heidelberg.de/awards/laute...
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Gerard Rouwhorst, editor of the journal and series Vigiliae Christianae. His brilliance and kindness will be dearly missed, and our thoughts are with his family in this difficult moment.
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Bestuurslid Gerard Rouwhorst overleden - Parochie van de H. Drie-eenheid
Op woensdag 7 januari overleed parochiebestuurslid Gerard Rouwhorst. Gerard hield zich binnen het bestuur van de parochie bezig met de terreinen van vorming & toerusting en diaconie. In het bestuur le...
3eenheidparochie.nl
January 12, 2026 at 10:03 AM
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Gerard Rouwhorst, editor of the journal and series Vigiliae Christianae. His brilliance and kindness will be dearly missed, and our thoughts are with his family in this difficult moment.
3eenheidparochie.nl/2026/01/09/b...
3eenheidparochie.nl/2026/01/09/b...
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📜 A Holistic Reading of Chronicles with a Samoan Hermeneutic 🌏 By Samasoni Moleli Alama.
An extensive and scientific study re-reading Jabez’s story from the perspective of #Chronicles as a whole, in conversation with similar realities in #Samoa. 🌺
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An extensive and scientific study re-reading Jabez’s story from the perspective of #Chronicles as a whole, in conversation with similar realities in #Samoa. 🌺
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
December 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
📜 A Holistic Reading of Chronicles with a Samoan Hermeneutic 🌏 By Samasoni Moleli Alama.
An extensive and scientific study re-reading Jabez’s story from the perspective of #Chronicles as a whole, in conversation with similar realities in #Samoa. 🌺
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
An extensive and scientific study re-reading Jabez’s story from the perspective of #Chronicles as a whole, in conversation with similar realities in #Samoa. 🌺
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
Very pleased that I decided to work from the office today - walking the snowy banks of Leiden's Polderpark Cronesteyn, right across from @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, is a rare treat. Happy new year!
January 6, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Very pleased that I decided to work from the office today - walking the snowy banks of Leiden's Polderpark Cronesteyn, right across from @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, is a rare treat. Happy new year!
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📚 10 highlights from 2025 ✨
The year is coming to a close – a perfect chance to show off some of the books published this year in our #Religion, #Bible and #Theology program! 📜
Let's dive right in… 🧵
The year is coming to a close – a perfect chance to show off some of the books published this year in our #Religion, #Bible and #Theology program! 📜
Let's dive right in… 🧵
December 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
📚 10 highlights from 2025 ✨
The year is coming to a close – a perfect chance to show off some of the books published this year in our #Religion, #Bible and #Theology program! 📜
Let's dive right in… 🧵
The year is coming to a close – a perfect chance to show off some of the books published this year in our #Religion, #Bible and #Theology program! 📜
Let's dive right in… 🧵
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🎉 Congratulations, @josephscales.bsky.social!
If you also can't wait to see what Dr. Scales does next, why not dive into his previous work? ⬇️
📗 Galilean Spaces of Identity 🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
📜 The Booty Call: Plundering as (Dis)Assemblage in the Book of Judith 🔗 doi.org/10.1163/1568...
If you also can't wait to see what Dr. Scales does next, why not dive into his previous work? ⬇️
📗 Galilean Spaces of Identity 🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
📜 The Booty Call: Plundering as (Dis)Assemblage in the Book of Judith 🔗 doi.org/10.1163/1568...
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.
www.uia.no
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🎉 Congratulations, @josephscales.bsky.social!
If you also can't wait to see what Dr. Scales does next, why not dive into his previous work? ⬇️
📗 Galilean Spaces of Identity 🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
📜 The Booty Call: Plundering as (Dis)Assemblage in the Book of Judith 🔗 doi.org/10.1163/1568...
If you also can't wait to see what Dr. Scales does next, why not dive into his previous work? ⬇️
📗 Galilean Spaces of Identity 🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
📜 The Booty Call: Plundering as (Dis)Assemblage in the Book of Judith 🔗 doi.org/10.1163/1568...
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Writing a piece on the Historical Jesus? The "Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus" is the right place for your work. Consider submitting your work here: 🔗https://brill.com/jshj
#callforpapers
#callforpapers
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Writing a piece on the Historical Jesus? The "Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus" is the right place for your work. Consider submitting your work here: 🔗https://brill.com/jshj
#callforpapers
#callforpapers
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Only one month to go until the Annual Meeting of @sblsite.bsky.social & @aarweb.bsky.social 🎉 We’re excited to see you all in #Boston on 22-25 November to share ideas and show off our latest publications. Will we see you at booth #619? 📚
#AARSBL #SBL2025 #AcRel 📜
#AARSBL #SBL2025 #AcRel 📜
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Only one month to go until the Annual Meeting of @sblsite.bsky.social & @aarweb.bsky.social 🎉 We’re excited to see you all in #Boston on 22-25 November to share ideas and show off our latest publications. Will we see you at booth #619? 📚
#AARSBL #SBL2025 #AcRel 📜
#AARSBL #SBL2025 #AcRel 📜
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Out now! 📚 Moleli Alama’s Holistic Reading of Chronicles with a Samoan Hermeneutic 🌏 This strikingly original work discusses themes of land tenure, sovereignty & the divine, engaging with Chronicles while firmly grounded in the Pacific context.
📜Read more:🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
#AcRel #Samoa
📜Read more:🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
#AcRel #Samoa
October 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Out now! 📚 Moleli Alama’s Holistic Reading of Chronicles with a Samoan Hermeneutic 🌏 This strikingly original work discusses themes of land tenure, sovereignty & the divine, engaging with Chronicles while firmly grounded in the Pacific context.
📜Read more:🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
#AcRel #Samoa
📜Read more:🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
#AcRel #Samoa
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🎧 New podcast alert! 📢
Our author Cooper Smith spoke with Michael Morales of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about allusion and the Elihu speeches in Job.
Listen to the episode here:
🔗 newbooksnetwork.com/...
And read the book:
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
📜 #BiblicalStudies #AcRel
Our author Cooper Smith spoke with Michael Morales of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about allusion and the Elihu speeches in Job.
Listen to the episode here:
🔗 newbooksnetwork.com/...
And read the book:
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
📜 #BiblicalStudies #AcRel
October 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🎧 New podcast alert! 📢
Our author Cooper Smith spoke with Michael Morales of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about allusion and the Elihu speeches in Job.
Listen to the episode here:
🔗 newbooksnetwork.com/...
And read the book:
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
📜 #BiblicalStudies #AcRel
Our author Cooper Smith spoke with Michael Morales of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about allusion and the Elihu speeches in Job.
Listen to the episode here:
🔗 newbooksnetwork.com/...
And read the book:
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
📜 #BiblicalStudies #AcRel
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📜 Why a ‘New Testament’? 🤔 Levi Baker explores how and why first-century Christians began receiving recent Christian texts as ‘Scripture’, on par with the Old Testament.
Have you also always wondered the same? Read more here ⬇️
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#AcRel #EarlyChristianity
Have you also always wondered the same? Read more here ⬇️
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
#AcRel #EarlyChristianity
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
📜 Why a ‘New Testament’? 🤔 Levi Baker explores how and why first-century Christians began receiving recent Christian texts as ‘Scripture’, on par with the Old Testament.
Have you also always wondered the same? Read more here ⬇️
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
#AcRel #EarlyChristianity
Have you also always wondered the same? Read more here ⬇️
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
#AcRel #EarlyChristianity
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🎉 Out now! 📕
Travel among Early Christians by Jason Borges traces how travel and movement between churches functioned as a formative practice for group identity in early Christian communities.
Read more here ⬇️
🔗https: //brill.com/display/ti...
📜 #AcRel #EarlyChristianity
Travel among Early Christians by Jason Borges traces how travel and movement between churches functioned as a formative practice for group identity in early Christian communities.
Read more here ⬇️
🔗https: //brill.com/display/ti...
📜 #AcRel #EarlyChristianity
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎉 Out now! 📕
Travel among Early Christians by Jason Borges traces how travel and movement between churches functioned as a formative practice for group identity in early Christian communities.
Read more here ⬇️
🔗https: //brill.com/display/ti...
📜 #AcRel #EarlyChristianity
Travel among Early Christians by Jason Borges traces how travel and movement between churches functioned as a formative practice for group identity in early Christian communities.
Read more here ⬇️
🔗https: //brill.com/display/ti...
📜 #AcRel #EarlyChristianity
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🎉 New volume in Brill's #Digital #BiblicalStudies series!
📗 Paul Robertson and a team of experts demonstrate the utility of statistical and computational approaches to the study of Paul’s letters. 💻
Dive right in ⬇️
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
📜 #AcRel #NewTestament #DigitalHumanities
📗 Paul Robertson and a team of experts demonstrate the utility of statistical and computational approaches to the study of Paul’s letters. 💻
Dive right in ⬇️
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
📜 #AcRel #NewTestament #DigitalHumanities
September 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🎉 New volume in Brill's #Digital #BiblicalStudies series!
📗 Paul Robertson and a team of experts demonstrate the utility of statistical and computational approaches to the study of Paul’s letters. 💻
Dive right in ⬇️
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
📜 #AcRel #NewTestament #DigitalHumanities
📗 Paul Robertson and a team of experts demonstrate the utility of statistical and computational approaches to the study of Paul’s letters. 💻
Dive right in ⬇️
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
📜 #AcRel #NewTestament #DigitalHumanities
Out in hardcover today!
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🎉 New publication!
📜 Mark Reasoner's commentary on 1 Corinthians offers a deep dive into the first-century city of Roman Corinth, evoking appreciation of Paul’s letter as an artifact of social history 🤝
Check it out here ⬇️
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
#AcRel #NewTestament #Exegesis
📜 Mark Reasoner's commentary on 1 Corinthians offers a deep dive into the first-century city of Roman Corinth, evoking appreciation of Paul’s letter as an artifact of social history 🤝
Check it out here ⬇️
🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
#AcRel #NewTestament #Exegesis
September 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Out in hardcover today!
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, I am very saddened to hear of the passing of Prof. Jordan S. Penkower (פרופ' יצחק שרגא פנקובר ז"ל), esteemed bible scholar and author. Our thoughts are with his family. ת.נ.צ.ב.ה.
September 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, I am very saddened to hear of the passing of Prof. Jordan S. Penkower (פרופ' יצחק שרגא פנקובר ז"ל), esteemed bible scholar and author. Our thoughts are with his family. ת.נ.צ.ב.ה.
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Our author @mmonier.bsky.social has received his copies of "When Jesus Rose Early", and we couldn’t be more excited!
You don’t need to wait to read it – it’s available to all in #OpenAccess! 📚📜
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You don’t need to wait to read it – it’s available to all in #OpenAccess! 📚📜
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
September 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Our author @mmonier.bsky.social has received his copies of "When Jesus Rose Early", and we couldn’t be more excited!
You don’t need to wait to read it – it’s available to all in #OpenAccess! 📚📜
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
You don’t need to wait to read it – it’s available to all in #OpenAccess! 📚📜
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
📚🎉Now also out in print! Get your hardcover here:
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @mmonier.bsky.social
#criticalbible #OpenAccess #AcRel
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@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @mmonier.bsky.social
#criticalbible #OpenAccess #AcRel
🎉 New #OpenAccess publication! 📚📜 In "When Jesus Rose Early", @mmonier.bsky.social utilizes the full potential of the digital revolution in manuscript research to study text and paratexts in the Gospel of Mark.
Hardcover out Aug 28th; #OA e-book out now:
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
Hardcover out Aug 28th; #OA e-book out now:
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
September 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
📚🎉Now also out in print! Get your hardcover here:
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @mmonier.bsky.social
#criticalbible #OpenAccess #AcRel
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @mmonier.bsky.social
#criticalbible #OpenAccess #AcRel
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📢New release!
📜 John Healey presents a re-edition and translation of 3rd-century #Syriac legal parchments from Upper Mesopotamia, with extensive commentary. These documents constitute our earliest significant evidence of the Syriac language and script.
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
#acrel #Aramaic
📜 John Healey presents a re-edition and translation of 3rd-century #Syriac legal parchments from Upper Mesopotamia, with extensive commentary. These documents constitute our earliest significant evidence of the Syriac language and script.
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
#acrel #Aramaic
September 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
📢New release!
📜 John Healey presents a re-edition and translation of 3rd-century #Syriac legal parchments from Upper Mesopotamia, with extensive commentary. These documents constitute our earliest significant evidence of the Syriac language and script.
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
#acrel #Aramaic
📜 John Healey presents a re-edition and translation of 3rd-century #Syriac legal parchments from Upper Mesopotamia, with extensive commentary. These documents constitute our earliest significant evidence of the Syriac language and script.
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
#acrel #Aramaic
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🎉 New publication!
📚 Memory Formation in Isaiah 40–55 📜
Megan C. Roberts explores the phenomenon of collective memory and its connection to comfort in Second Isaiah’s poetry.
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
#acrel #biblicalstudies #memorystudies
📚 Memory Formation in Isaiah 40–55 📜
Megan C. Roberts explores the phenomenon of collective memory and its connection to comfort in Second Isaiah’s poetry.
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
#acrel #biblicalstudies #memorystudies
August 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🎉 New publication!
📚 Memory Formation in Isaiah 40–55 📜
Megan C. Roberts explores the phenomenon of collective memory and its connection to comfort in Second Isaiah’s poetry.
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
#acrel #biblicalstudies #memorystudies
📚 Memory Formation in Isaiah 40–55 📜
Megan C. Roberts explores the phenomenon of collective memory and its connection to comfort in Second Isaiah’s poetry.
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
#acrel #biblicalstudies #memorystudies
🎉 New #OpenAccess publication! 📚📜 In "When Jesus Rose Early", @mmonier.bsky.social utilizes the full potential of the digital revolution in manuscript research to study text and paratexts in the Gospel of Mark.
Hardcover out Aug 28th; #OA e-book out now:
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
Hardcover out Aug 28th; #OA e-book out now:
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
August 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🎉 New #OpenAccess publication! 📚📜 In "When Jesus Rose Early", @mmonier.bsky.social utilizes the full potential of the digital revolution in manuscript research to study text and paratexts in the Gospel of Mark.
Hardcover out Aug 28th; #OA e-book out now:
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
Hardcover out Aug 28th; #OA e-book out now:
🔗 brill.com/display/titl...
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Did you know that @katherinesouthwood.bsky.social
is the new series editor of our Biblical Interpretation series?
We’re seeking proposals - especially those engaging with new methodologies and hermeneutics!
Got a book idea or manuscript ready? Get in touch with me!
www.brill.com/BINS
is the new series editor of our Biblical Interpretation series?
We’re seeking proposals - especially those engaging with new methodologies and hermeneutics!
Got a book idea or manuscript ready? Get in touch with me!
www.brill.com/BINS
August 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Did you know that @katherinesouthwood.bsky.social
is the new series editor of our Biblical Interpretation series?
We’re seeking proposals - especially those engaging with new methodologies and hermeneutics!
Got a book idea or manuscript ready? Get in touch with me!
www.brill.com/BINS
is the new series editor of our Biblical Interpretation series?
We’re seeking proposals - especially those engaging with new methodologies and hermeneutics!
Got a book idea or manuscript ready? Get in touch with me!
www.brill.com/BINS
📢New release! 📗📜 Athanasios Despotis offers a detailed commentary on Jesus's long speeches in John 1-12, revealing how the Gospel of John engages with the religious and philosophical discourses of its time.
Check it out here: brill.com/display/titl...
#criticalbible #AcRel #NewTestament
Check it out here: brill.com/display/titl...
#criticalbible #AcRel #NewTestament
August 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
📢New release! 📗📜 Athanasios Despotis offers a detailed commentary on Jesus's long speeches in John 1-12, revealing how the Gospel of John engages with the religious and philosophical discourses of its time.
Check it out here: brill.com/display/titl...
#criticalbible #AcRel #NewTestament
Check it out here: brill.com/display/titl...
#criticalbible #AcRel #NewTestament
New publication! 🎉Constructing Femininity in the Book of Jubilees 🙋♀️ 📕 Chontel Syfox interrogates the motives and priorities that informed the rewriting and heightened visibility of the matriarchs in Jubilees.
Curious? Read more here:
brill.com/display/titl...
#biblicalstudies #AcRel #genderstudies
Curious? Read more here:
brill.com/display/titl...
#biblicalstudies #AcRel #genderstudies
August 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New publication! 🎉Constructing Femininity in the Book of Jubilees 🙋♀️ 📕 Chontel Syfox interrogates the motives and priorities that informed the rewriting and heightened visibility of the matriarchs in Jubilees.
Curious? Read more here:
brill.com/display/titl...
#biblicalstudies #AcRel #genderstudies
Curious? Read more here:
brill.com/display/titl...
#biblicalstudies #AcRel #genderstudies
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🎙️ New podcast drop!
Just out on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social an interview with Beth M. Stovell on her monograph "Mapping Metaphorical Discourse in the Fourth Gospel" (🔗brill.com/display/ti...).
🎧Listen to the interview here: newbooksnetwork.com/...
#NewEpisode
Just out on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social an interview with Beth M. Stovell on her monograph "Mapping Metaphorical Discourse in the Fourth Gospel" (🔗brill.com/display/ti...).
🎧Listen to the interview here: newbooksnetwork.com/...
#NewEpisode
Mapping Metaphorical Discourse in the Fourth Gospel
"Mapping Metaphorical Discourse in the Fourth Gospel" published on 07 Jun 2012 by Brill.
brill.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🎙️ New podcast drop!
Just out on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social an interview with Beth M. Stovell on her monograph "Mapping Metaphorical Discourse in the Fourth Gospel" (🔗brill.com/display/ti...).
🎧Listen to the interview here: newbooksnetwork.com/...
#NewEpisode
Just out on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social an interview with Beth M. Stovell on her monograph "Mapping Metaphorical Discourse in the Fourth Gospel" (🔗brill.com/display/ti...).
🎧Listen to the interview here: newbooksnetwork.com/...
#NewEpisode