Nicolas Atas
@zoxe.bsky.social
PhD Student at KU Leuven in Syriac and Christian Arabic studies
A beautiful hymn from the Syrian Orthodox tradition about the institution of priesthood: ܩܪܐ ܠܗ ܐܠܗܐ Qro Leh Aloho "God called him (Moses)"
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Qro Leh Aloho ܩܪܐ ܠܶܗ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ
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October 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A beautiful hymn from the Syrian Orthodox tradition about the institution of priesthood: ܩܪܐ ܠܗ ܐܠܗܐ Qro Leh Aloho "God called him (Moses)"
youtu.be/cRk4tg6g8zY?...
youtu.be/cRk4tg6g8zY?...
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
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Postdoc opportunity at the University of Helsinki for a period of 2 years for the research project "Jeremiah for the 21st Century" (PI: Dr. Miika Tucker):
- The Peshitta version of Jeremiah
- Textual criticism of the Book of Jeremiah
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- The Peshitta version of Jeremiah
- Textual criticism of the Book of Jeremiah
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Postdoctoral Researcher in The Peshitta of Jeremiah
Postdoctoral Researcher in The Peshitta of Jeremiah
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September 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Postdoc opportunity at the University of Helsinki for a period of 2 years for the research project "Jeremiah for the 21st Century" (PI: Dr. Miika Tucker):
- The Peshitta version of Jeremiah
- Textual criticism of the Book of Jeremiah
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
- The Peshitta version of Jeremiah
- Textual criticism of the Book of Jeremiah
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
The Beauty and Value of Eastern Bilingual Manuscripts of the Bible by a (brilliant!) KU Leuven colleague Maxime Maleux
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The Beauty and Value of Eastern Bilingual Manuscripts of the Bible
Christianity, which originated in the Middle East, has remained deeply rooted among its diverse communities to this day, despite the rise and dominance of Islam. This enduring presence is reflected…
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September 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The Beauty and Value of Eastern Bilingual Manuscripts of the Bible by a (brilliant!) KU Leuven colleague Maxime Maleux
alongthesilkroad.com/2025/09/12/t...
alongthesilkroad.com/2025/09/12/t...
Armenian garshuni, i.e., Armenian written in Syriac script
Vat. sir. 544, f. 9v-12v
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It is always fascinating for me to stumble upon unexpected things in Syriac manuscripts!
Vat. sir. 544, f. 9v-12v
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It is always fascinating for me to stumble upon unexpected things in Syriac manuscripts!
September 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Armenian garshuni, i.e., Armenian written in Syriac script
Vat. sir. 544, f. 9v-12v
digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat...
It is always fascinating for me to stumble upon unexpected things in Syriac manuscripts!
Vat. sir. 544, f. 9v-12v
digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat...
It is always fascinating for me to stumble upon unexpected things in Syriac manuscripts!
L'UCLouvain ouvre un poste académique à temps plein en Exégèse biblique et extrabiblique
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Un·e académique en Exégèse biblique et extrabiblique
Un·e académique en Exégèse biblique et extrabiblique
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September 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
L'UCLouvain ouvre un poste académique à temps plein en Exégèse biblique et extrabiblique
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Post-Doctoral Position in Late Antique Syriac Literature at KU Leuven
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Post-Doctoral Position in Late Antique Syriac Literature
Post-Doctoral Position in Syriac Studies
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August 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Post-Doctoral Position in Late Antique Syriac Literature at KU Leuven
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www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
5-year postdoc position in Syriac studies
‘Gesius’ Commentaries on Galen: Recovering lost works through a mixed-method approach ’
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‘Gesius’ Commentaries on Galen: Recovering lost works through a mixed-method approach ’
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Research Associate (Gesius) :Oxford Road
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August 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
5-year postdoc position in Syriac studies
‘Gesius’ Commentaries on Galen: Recovering lost works through a mixed-method approach ’
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
‘Gesius’ Commentaries on Galen: Recovering lost works through a mixed-method approach ’
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For those interested in Bar Ṣalībī, a collective volume edited by Bert Jacobs, Herman Teule and Joseph Verheyden was published recently by Brill in the series "Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity"
"Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition"
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"Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition"
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Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition
"Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition" published on 19 May 2025 by Brill.
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July 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
For those interested in Bar Ṣalībī, a collective volume edited by Bert Jacobs, Herman Teule and Joseph Verheyden was published recently by Brill in the series "Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity"
"Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition"
brill.com/display/titl...
"Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition"
brill.com/display/titl...
An interesting article about the language practices of Melkite Christians navigating between Greek, Syriac and Arabic. This article presents several contextualized examples of manuscripts
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When Scribes Switched Languages: Curious Patterns in Syriac Rūm Orthodox Manuscripts
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July 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
An interesting article about the language practices of Melkite Christians navigating between Greek, Syriac and Arabic. This article presents several contextualized examples of manuscripts
www.ku.de/thf/fachgebi...
www.ku.de/thf/fachgebi...
Reposted by Nicolas Atas
Come study with us! Fully-funded Ph.D. scholarship opportunity to work on the Late Antique translation of texts.
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May 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Come study with us! Fully-funded Ph.D. scholarship opportunity to work on the Late Antique translation of texts.
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
A nice drawing in this manuscript of Bar Hebraeus from 1810
MS Rendel Harris 59, fol. 86v
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MS Rendel Harris 59, fol. 86v
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July 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A nice drawing in this manuscript of Bar Hebraeus from 1810
MS Rendel Harris 59, fol. 86v
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MS Rendel Harris 59, fol. 86v
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Exhibition of 15 Syriac manuscripts at KU Leuven on Thursday 11 September 2025 at 4 PM at the Maurits Sabbe Library in Leuven: "Treasures from the East: Syriac Manuscripts in the Collection of the Maurits Sabbe Library"
Registration: bib.kuleuven.be/msb/over/nie...
Registration: bib.kuleuven.be/msb/over/nie...
July 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Exhibition of 15 Syriac manuscripts at KU Leuven on Thursday 11 September 2025 at 4 PM at the Maurits Sabbe Library in Leuven: "Treasures from the East: Syriac Manuscripts in the Collection of the Maurits Sabbe Library"
Registration: bib.kuleuven.be/msb/over/nie...
Registration: bib.kuleuven.be/msb/over/nie...
Post-doc position for a Syriacist in the Frankfurt-Leuven Project “Commentary on the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus.”
Deadline for applications: 23 July 2025
Position is to be filled as of 1 October 2025 for a period of 36 months.
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794849/FB0...
Deadline for applications: 23 July 2025
Position is to be filled as of 1 October 2025 for a period of 36 months.
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794849/FB0...
Goethe-Universität — FB08 - Philosophie und Geschichtswissenschaften
Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...
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July 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Post-doc position for a Syriacist in the Frankfurt-Leuven Project “Commentary on the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus.”
Deadline for applications: 23 July 2025
Position is to be filled as of 1 October 2025 for a period of 36 months.
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794849/FB0...
Deadline for applications: 23 July 2025
Position is to be filled as of 1 October 2025 for a period of 36 months.
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794849/FB0...
If you want to listen to me speak about Turoyo Neo-Aramaic for about 20 min in English, listen to this podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Turoyo language (with Nicolas Atas)
Podcast Episode · GAZE ܓܰܙܶܐ̈ – The Treasures of Syriac · 06/26/2025 · 22m
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June 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
If you want to listen to me speak about Turoyo Neo-Aramaic for about 20 min in English, listen to this podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
A new Turoyo (Surayt) - Dutch / Dutch - Turoyo lexicon!
May 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A new Turoyo (Surayt) - Dutch / Dutch - Turoyo lexicon!
My presentation "Hagiography in Ṭuroyo as a part of the local history of Ṭur ʿAbdīn" at the "Symposium on Syriac Saints: Lives, Commemoration, and Memory" at Marquette University (Milwaukee WI, April 10-12, 2025)
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May 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
My presentation "Hagiography in Ṭuroyo as a part of the local history of Ṭur ʿAbdīn" at the "Symposium on Syriac Saints: Lives, Commemoration, and Memory" at Marquette University (Milwaukee WI, April 10-12, 2025)
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ܪܥܝܐ ܫܪܝܪܐ
"Ware Herder": A documentary film about the life of the late Mor Julius Yeshu Çiçek, former metropolitan of the Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Central Europe
"Ware Herder": A documentary film about the life of the late Mor Julius Yeshu Çiçek, former metropolitan of the Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Central Europe
March 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
ܪܥܝܐ ܫܪܝܪܐ
"Ware Herder": A documentary film about the life of the late Mor Julius Yeshu Çiçek, former metropolitan of the Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Central Europe
"Ware Herder": A documentary film about the life of the late Mor Julius Yeshu Çiçek, former metropolitan of the Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Central Europe
Next week in Palermo!
March 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Next week in Palermo!
Thank you @mara-nicosia.bsky.social !
What a book launch! Thanks to @albertorigolio.bsky.social for introducing us and to Aaron Butts for leading and commenting so nicely on the book.
Huge thanks to @zoxe.bsky.social, G Kiraz, A Cherkashina, M Farina and H Mutzafi
@gorgiaspress.bsky.social @durhamclassics.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @zoxe.bsky.social, G Kiraz, A Cherkashina, M Farina and H Mutzafi
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February 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thank you @mara-nicosia.bsky.social !
Don't miss our book launch tomorrow!
📚 Book launch for @mara-nicosia.bsky.social edited volume on 'Syriac Lexis and Lexica', published by @gorgiaspress.bsky.social
📅 3:30pm, 25 Feb
🔗 To attend this virtual event, please visit: buff.ly/413SBW7
📅 3:30pm, 25 Feb
🔗 To attend this virtual event, please visit: buff.ly/413SBW7
February 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Don't miss our book launch tomorrow!
I recently acquired a two-volume work containing a non-critical edition of the 70 Syriac Orthodox preserved anaphoras listed by Patriarch Afrem Barṣawm in his “Scattered Pearls”. This collection offers a fascinating glimpse into the richness of the Syriac liturgical tradition!
February 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I recently acquired a two-volume work containing a non-critical edition of the 70 Syriac Orthodox preserved anaphoras listed by Patriarch Afrem Barṣawm in his “Scattered Pearls”. This collection offers a fascinating glimpse into the richness of the Syriac liturgical tradition!
L’Académie Belge pour l’Étude des Langues Anciennes et Orientales (ABELAO) a le plaisir de vous inviter à son école d’été, qui se tiendra à Louvain-la-Neuve du 29 juillet au 8 août.
Plus de détails et inscriptions sur www.abelao.eu
Plus de détails et inscriptions sur www.abelao.eu
February 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
L’Académie Belge pour l’Étude des Langues Anciennes et Orientales (ABELAO) a le plaisir de vous inviter à son école d’été, qui se tiendra à Louvain-la-Neuve du 29 juillet au 8 août.
Plus de détails et inscriptions sur www.abelao.eu
Plus de détails et inscriptions sur www.abelao.eu
A call for proposals of the NWO for 1 Postdoc in Coptic Orthodox Christianity in Egypt and the Nile Valley in the field of (art) history and archaeology
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Van Moorsel and Rijnierse 2025 | NWO
The funding instrument Van Moorsel and Rijnierse supports innovative art historical and archaeological research on medieval Christianity in Egypt and the Nile Valley.
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December 18, 2024 at 2:44 PM
A call for proposals of the NWO for 1 Postdoc in Coptic Orthodox Christianity in Egypt and the Nile Valley in the field of (art) history and archaeology
www.nwo.nl/en/calls/van...
www.nwo.nl/en/calls/van...
Review by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent of “The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity” by Françoise Briquel Chatonnet and Muriel Debié, trans. by Jeffrey Haines
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www.biblicalarchaeology.org/reviews/revi...
December 16, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Review by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent of “The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity” by Françoise Briquel Chatonnet and Muriel Debié, trans. by Jeffrey Haines
www.biblicalarchaeology.org/reviews/revi...
www.biblicalarchaeology.org/reviews/revi...