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T. B. Sailors
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Specialist in the academic study of ancient Christianity and its literature.
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T. B. Sailors @tbsailors.bsky.social · Apr 20
It's an honor to be back @albrightinstitute.bsky.social as a research fellow. Everyone's welcome to my Albright lecture, Rethinking the Early Christian Book, 14 May, in person & via Zoom. Examining some dubious models of the ancient Christian use of the codex vs. the scroll.
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Flyer for a lecture by Timothy B. Sailors (with a QR code for the Zoom meeting). The early history of the codex and its increasing prominence in antiquity over against the scroll have frequently been tied by modern scholarship to its use in early Christianity and the spread of that religion throughout the Mediterranean. This led to reciprocal influence between academic work on ancient Christian book culture, on the one hand, and work on papyrology and early codicology, on the other. Some assumptions underlying this enterprise, however, are at best dubious. Hypotheses of a Christian preference for the codex and of a link between this ostensible preference and writings ancient Christians regarded as “scripture” are highly methodologically problematic. Indeed, a fundamental rethinking of the early Christian book is required, one that incorporates all relevant literary and manuscript evidence.
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Im November blicken wir auf Märtyrerinnen, Mythen und moderne Methoden: von nordafrikanischen Heiligen über steinzeitliche Fundplätze bis zu digitalen Zwillingen in der Archäologie. Außerdem laden wir zu unserer Festveranstaltung in der James-Simon-Galerie ein.

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November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Great talk and great conversation yesterday.
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
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TeTra | Ellen Muehlberger "Character Building: Tracing the Voice of Mary of Egypt"
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
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November 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Join us Friday for the November 2025 First Friday workshop with Ivan Miroshnikov (University of Helsinki). Register at the email in the image below for the pre-circulated paper and Zoom link.
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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The books are in!
October 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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CFP: “Shaping the Word: the Form and Use of Biblical Manuscripts in the Early Medieval West” at Durham University in July 2026. We are interested in a wide range of papers exploring ways in which scriptural texts (produced roughly c. 500-1000) were presented and used.
Durham Uni, 2–5 July 2026 From c. 500-1000, Christian scriptures were produced and used in a diverse range of forms and contexts. A manuscript may include a single biblical text (the psalter, a gospel), a collection of texts (the Hexateuch, the gospels), or, rarely, a complete “New Testament” or “Bible” in the modern sense. The distinctiveness of a manuscript is shown by content and textual affiliation, its palaeographical and codicological characteristics, and its paratextual features – from illustrations of biblical narratives, author portraits, and illuminated lettering to canon tables, capitula, prefatory materials, and glosses. Once in circulation, a manuscript’s contexts of use may also vary. Different uses correspond to different users with distinct and perhaps conflicting priorities/goals. Production and use(s) may occur at the same site or at far distant times and places. This conference aims to explore topics related to both the physical presentation and the use of scriptural manuscripts produced in the Early Medieval period (c. 500–1000 CE). We welcome paper proposals from scholars working in all areas of this field, including PhD students. Whatever the specific topic, priority may be given to papers that also relate it to the wider focus of the conference on both “form” (or “production”) and “use”. We hope to be able to cover presenters’ full conference costs with the exception of travel. Titles and Abstracts of proposed papers should be submitted to Lauren Randall (lauren.m.randall@durham.ac.uk), copied to Francis Watson (francis.watson@durham.ac.uk), by Monday 17 November. Abstracts should not exceed 150 words. Papers should be 25 minutes, allowing 20 minute discussion. There will be keynote papers/presentations. Please contact us if you have any questions! This event forms part of our sub-project “Text, Format, and Reader”, focused on Codex Amiatinus and funded by the Glasgow-based “Paratexts Seeking Understanding” project (Templeton Religion Trust)
October 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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#Stellenangebot #FID
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d), 75% TV-L E 13, für den #Fachinformationsdienst #Religionswissenschaft gesucht. Das #RelBib Team freut sich über Bewerbungen bis 7. November 2025! Details zur Ausschreibung:
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Ausschnitt aus Portal von RelBib (relbib.de) im Hintergrund; im Vordergrund links RelBib-Logo, rechts Schriftzug "Stellenausschreibung".
October 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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📚 Great news for patristics scholars!

The proceedings of the International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford, 2011 & 2015) are now available in Gold Open Access.
That’s 42 volumes of cutting-edge research—now free to read on our website!

🔗 www.peeters-leuven.be/search_resul...
October 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Spotted dead nettle flowering by the gate at Little St Mary’s, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Close-up photograph of pink and white flowers and white and green leaves of Spotted dead nettle.
October 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Please reskeet: CFP is open for the North American Patristics Society meeting, May 21-23, 2026 in Chicago

Submit abstracts either for the general call or to a pre-arranged theme, or you can submit a whole planned session!

Deadline is Nov 19th, details at link:

www.patristics.org/annual-meeti...
Call for Papers – NAPS – The North American Patristics Society
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October 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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3 more weeks to apply for this... please continue to share widely.
October 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Conference announcement/call for papers! You’ll note that there’s no theme beyond “new research on apocryphal Christian literature.” We truly just want to hear about whatever interests you most in apocryphal Christian literature right now. More info here: www.nasscal.com/meetings/
September 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Announcing the launch of the open-access Journal of Christian Apocryphal Literature (JCAL). Sign up if you are interested in being a contributor or reviewer! journals.aperio.press/jcal/submiss...
October 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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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
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Come work with some of my fantastic colleagues in @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social! A full-time, four-year PhD vacancy in Latin Patristic Literature/Theology KU Leuven. Please spread the word! theo.kuleuven.be/apps/joboppo... @kuleuventheology.bsky.social
Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen - Job Opportunities and Awards
Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen KU Leuven
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October 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿
𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝘅𝘁𝘆-𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲
Edited by Lasse Løvlund Toft, Mattias Sommer Bostrup & René Falkenberg

More info: bit.ly/4ndJvhB

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October 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Organizing one's colleagues is service to the profession, of the highest order. Every bit as worthy a scholarly pursuit as teaching, advising, peer-review or committee work, and—yeah—even research. Pass it on.
October 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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🔔Save the Date: Der IxTheo wird 50! Aus diesem Anlass laden wir am 12./13. Februar 2026 zu einem Festakt sowie einer Tagung zum Thema "Digitale Kompetenzen und Künstliche Intelligenz in der theologischen Forschung und im Theologiestudium" nach Tübingen ein. Nähere Informationen folgen Ende Oktober.
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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At an emergency all-school meeting of UVa’s College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the following statement (drafted by the school‘s Committee on Academic Freedom) was approved with 97% in favor:
October 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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New issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 144, No. 2 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55656 @sblpress.bsky.social @sblsite.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social @alexianafry.bsky.social
journal cover table of contents
October 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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New issue of Journal of Early Christian Studies Vol. 33, No. 3 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55688 @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
journal cover
October 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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New issue of Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum = Journal of Ancient Christianity Vol. 29, No. 2 (2025) www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social
Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity Volume 29 Issue 2
Volume 29, issue 2 of the journal Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity was published in 2025.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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East of Byzantium is excited to welcome Nazénie Garibian as the first speaker in our 2025–2026 lecture series. Join us on November 4 for "Creating Christian Sacred Spaces: The Armenian Case (4th–7th Centuries)". 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Register: eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-eve...
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Mit dem Herbst beginnt auch das Wintersemester 2025/26 – und die Altertumswissenschaften in Berlin und Brandenburg haben viel vor! Einen Überblick über Veranstaltungen und Neuigkeiten finden Sie wie immer in unserem Newsletter.

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October 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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MUP and @thejohnrylands.bsky.social are thrilled to announce that Bulletin of the John Rylands Library is now fully #OpenAccess🔓

Throughout October, the Bulletin's Editorial Board are highlighting journal issues or articles of particular importance on the MUP blog.
Image of a cover from an issue of The Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. Blue banner sits across the centre of the image reading: Now Open Access.
October 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM