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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/
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...
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-...
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."
Just published (open access): Felix Albrecht and Reinhard Gregor Kratz, eds., Das Erbe der Göttinger Septuaginta Festschrift aus Anlass des 100. Geburtstages von Robert Hanhart (1925–2025). www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/59862/das-er...
September 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just published (open access): Felix Albrecht and Reinhard Gregor Kratz, eds., Das Erbe der Göttinger Septuaginta Festschrift aus Anlass des 100. Geburtstages von Robert Hanhart (1925–2025). www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/59862/das-er...
Call for Papers: On the Trail of the Bible of Niketas: A Transverse Approach to Catenae, International workshop at KU Leuven, 31 March 2026 www.arts.kuleuven.be/grieks/nieuw...
September 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Call for Papers: On the Trail of the Bible of Niketas: A Transverse Approach to Catenae, International workshop at KU Leuven, 31 March 2026 www.arts.kuleuven.be/grieks/nieuw...
Conference (on-line and in-person): Anthropology in the Septuagint and its Reception, 19-21 September North-West University, South Africa. DM for information about online participation.
September 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Conference (on-line and in-person): Anthropology in the Septuagint and its Reception, 19-21 September North-West University, South Africa. DM for information about online participation.
Just published: Psalmi cum odis. edidit Alfred Rahlfs. supplementum adiecit Felix Albrecht. Bd. 10., 4. Auflage. Septuaginta Vetus Testamentum Graecum (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2025). www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/60065/septua...
September 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just published: Psalmi cum odis. edidit Alfred Rahlfs. supplementum adiecit Felix Albrecht. Bd. 10., 4. Auflage. Septuaginta Vetus Testamentum Graecum (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2025). www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/60065/septua...
Just published (open access): Jerome’s Sources in His Translation of the Hebrew Bible by Paul Rodrigue www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
August 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Just published (open access): Jerome’s Sources in His Translation of the Hebrew Bible by Paul Rodrigue www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
Just published: Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context, ed. Klaas Bentein, Eleonora Cattafi, and Ezra la Roi www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
August 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Just published: Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context, ed. Klaas Bentein, Eleonora Cattafi, and Ezra la Roi www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
New video series: Daily Dose of Septuagint dailydoseofseptuagint.com by Greg Lanier
August 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
New video series: Daily Dose of Septuagint dailydoseofseptuagint.com by Greg Lanier
Just published: Vetus Latina Josue, ed. Jean-Claude Haelewyck www.herder.de/theologie-pa...
August 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Just published: Vetus Latina Josue, ed. Jean-Claude Haelewyck www.herder.de/theologie-pa...
Today we begin the second day of the 2025 IOSCS Congress in Berlin! Yesterday, the keynote lecture was given by Christa Müller-Kessler on New Aramaic Text Witnesses for the LXX From the Cairo Genizah and the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
August 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Today we begin the second day of the 2025 IOSCS Congress in Berlin! Yesterday, the keynote lecture was given by Christa Müller-Kessler on New Aramaic Text Witnesses for the LXX From the Cairo Genizah and the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Robert Hanhart (1925–2025), director of the Septuaginta-Unternehmen for over 30 years. An obituary can be found on the IOSCS website: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/86/
July 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Robert Hanhart (1925–2025), director of the Septuaginta-Unternehmen for over 30 years. An obituary can be found on the IOSCS website: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/86/
Just published: Studies on the Old Latin of the Book of Esther by Dionisio Candido, CBET 102.2 (Peeters: 2025). www.peeters-leuven.be/detail.php?s...
July 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just published: Studies on the Old Latin of the Book of Esther by Dionisio Candido, CBET 102.2 (Peeters: 2025). www.peeters-leuven.be/detail.php?s...
This is a friendly reminder that submissions for the John William Wevers prize are due September 1, 2025.
July 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is a friendly reminder that submissions for the John William Wevers prize are due September 1, 2025.
Congratulations to Martijn Beukenhorst, who passed his dissertation defense on June 19, 2025 at the UCLouvain! His dissertation, “Unraveling the Mysteries of the Miscellanies. Understanding the origins of 3 Kingdoms 2:35a-o and 2:46a-l” was supervised by Prof. Matthieu Richelle.
July 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Congratulations to Martijn Beukenhorst, who passed his dissertation defense on June 19, 2025 at the UCLouvain! His dissertation, “Unraveling the Mysteries of the Miscellanies. Understanding the origins of 3 Kingdoms 2:35a-o and 2:46a-l” was supervised by Prof. Matthieu Richelle.