This excellent free exhibition Words on the Wave
@nmireland.bsky.social
is extended until Mon 27 Oct! Truly beautiful manuscripts from the Abbey of St Gall, Switzerland - home to early Irish monks. Some of these are in Ireland for the first time in 1000 yrs alongside other fab artefacts. Go!

🌍 The Pontifical Biblical Institute of PUG, together with NExUS, is hosting an international conference on “Bible and Ecology” (6–8 Nov 2025).
#BibleAndEcology #Jubilee2025 #LaudatoSi #FrancisOfAssisi #PontificalBiblicalInstitute

The *Irish Biblical Association’s* Belfast Meeting hosted by Union Theological College featured stimulating papers from PhDs: Helena Connolly, Ivan Petrovski, Maicol Cortés. Dr Andrew Doole (Innsbruck) & Dr Claire Carroll (TCD) enlightened us with their latest research! A treat for all!

It was a joy to connect with Prof. Núria Calduch Benages, Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and great scholar of the OT, in Ireland this w/end. She shared with us a wonderful overview of the work of the PBC & PBI.📖#Bible

The Mainie Jellet and Evie Hone: The Art of Friendship exhibition @NGI is superb! Be sure to catch it before is gone - so many delightful pieces and an extraordinary friendship in art and life displayed so well! A gem of an exhibition of Irish women artists!🧑‍🎨🎨🖼️🧑‍🎨

As always, it was great to present at this yrs @sblsite.bsky.social AND @eabs.bsky.social conf. in Uppsala 🇸🇪 My paper: “A Multimodal Analysis of Bible Journalings Illustrating Eph 6:10–22”. Grateful for lively conversations on visual engagement with biblical texts all week! So many great papers!

#PopeFrancis was a wise and visionary leader in many respects, not least his constant criticism of the systemic structures that create poverty and impoverish the lives of so many. A true pastor of the people, always upholding the poor and those discarded by the mainstream. RIP

Excellent! #BlueRoad documentary by #SineadOShea about #EdnaO’Brien! Very powerful and will stay with me for a long time! See it if you can!

A great opportunity to hear NT scholar Dale Allison tomorrow evening @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social . Details below👇📖👨‍🏫

Scholarships are available for the MA in Theology and World Religions here at DCU. Please contact the Programme Chair, Dr Brad Anderson, for more information.
To learn more about the MA in Theology and World Religions, click here: www.dcu.ie/DC693

Wonderful concert this evening at DCU All Hallows campus chapel as part of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance conference with gorgeous music from Ireland, Ghana, Peru, and India. ❤️

The Irish Biblical Association held their annual conference
@stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social on the subject of "Language, Lectionary and Liturgy: Translating the Bible"—with rich contributions from Wil Gafney, John Barton, and Kieran O'Mahony. #bible #lectionary #bibletranslation #biblicalstudies

A reminder that our esteemed colleague,
Kieran O'Mahony OSA will present at our IBA conference this Saturday. His paper is entitled: "“Apples of gold in a setting of silver” (Proverbs 25:11): The Importance of getting the words right". Come along for a treat. Booking details below.

Thanks to colleagues and PG researchers for the great turnout and engagement yesterday at the research seminar. An enjoyable session giving an overview of my research project on women's interpretive agency in the practice of Bible journaling. So so much more to say! #bible

We're delighted to have Prof. Wil Gafney as our Keynote Speaker at this year's Irish Biblical Association conference @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social, Fri 21- Sat 22 Feb. Profs John Barton and Kieran O'Mahony osa will also present on the theme of: Language, Lectionary and Liturgy: Translating the Bible.

A gentle reminder that •TODAY• is the last day for proposals for the 2025 International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, to be held from 23–27 June in Uppsala, Sweden. The call for papers is open til midnight tonight, 15 January. buff.ly/3OPy0OD

A fantastic day of stimulating papers at our annual Irish Biblical Assoc. Belfast meeting from Gordon Campbell, Seamus O’Connell, & emerging scholars: Special thanks to Zoe O’Neill for her great organisation, and Union Theological College for the wonderful warm hospitality in Belfast today!

The Society for Biblical Literature International Meeting 2025 Call for Papers is now open! @SBLsite. In the Bible and Visual Culture unit we welcome proposals that explore the reception of the Bible in the visual culture of Uppsala, and Sweden in general.