This is a friendly reminder that submissions for the John William Wevers prize are due September 1, 2026.
Max Häberlein
@maxavenariolus.bsky.social
EC researcher Uni Würzburg | Hebrew Bible, LXX & Second Temple Literature
After a great #EABS conference, some tourism - which means obviously, going to Antwerpen to check out some polyglot Bibles
PROOFS!!! Robert and I finally got the proofs for our edited volume dedicated and in memory of the late James Aitken. Over the moon to be at this stage! If everything goes smooth, the book should be published November 2026! Keep your eyes peeled and your book budgets ready!
Fire in the sky, political fracturing, a reduction in naval trade, economic uncertainty, agriculture is suffering due to plague, and the Odyssey is premiering? Welcome back, Greek Dark Ages.
Journal of Ancient Judaism Vol. 17, No. 2 (2026) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social Susanna and the Elders in Text, Tradition, and Interpretation @scrollsgeek.bsky.social
I am deeply honoured to have received this prize. I’ll write up some posts specifically about the book later today and the contribution I hope to make to understanding ancient Judaism through its arguments. Thank you @biajs.bsky.social
British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies@biajs.bsky.social · 3w agoThis year's book prize invited submissions focussed on topics relating to ancient and medieval periods. Our winner is @josephscales.bsky.social for 'Galilean Spaces of Identity: Judaism and Spatiality in Hasmonean and Herodian Galilee' @degruyterbrill.bsky.social brill.com/display/titl...
Schon Tickets für „Die Odyssee“ gebucht? Wer wissen möchte, worum es in der antiken Vorlage für den Film geht, hat an drei Abenden im Central im Bürgerbräu die Möglichkeit, sich mit Forschenden @uni-wuerzburg.de vor und nach dem Film auszutauschen. Mehr Infos hier: buff.ly/iHrJnk2 #ClassicsBluesky
Instructions on writing with invisible ink, from the third-century "Refutation of All Heresies":
Ceterum censeo: Antisemitismus ist keine notwendige Folge irgendeiner Theologie, sondern ab einem gewissen Punkt immer eine Entscheidung. Keiner muss Antisemit werden. Aber viele taten und tun es ...
The field of biblical studies has long functioned with the assumption that there are fairly clear lines between activities like writing, copying, rewriting, editing, translating, interpreting, commenting, etc. In recent years these lines have begun to look artificial. 1/1
And “Reading Joshua 24 in Modern Contexts of Religious Pluralism” in The Book of Joshua: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation, edited by Lissa M. Wray Beal, Craig A. Evans, and D. Allen Hutchison (FIOTL 11; VTS 203): brill.com/display/titl...
The Book of Joshua
"The Book of Joshua" published on 08 Jun 2026 by Brill.
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I've been working on this for 18 months, so super excited that it is now *finally* out in the world! It's open access, so free for anyone to read! The article tackles the way that contemporary readers *import* homophobia into ancient texts. doi.org/10.1163/1568...
Looking for Homophobia, a Metacritique: Contemporary Interpreters’ Views on Sodom in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
Abstract Many contemporary scholars, when interpreting early Christian texts about Sodom’s sin, refer to ‘homosexual practice’ or ‘homosexual activity.’ In this paper I present a meta-critique of cont...
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Der neue Band "Psalmen und Macht", mit Beiträgen u.a. von @julianeeckstein.bsky.social zu Ps 8 und mir zu Ps 132, ist veröffentlicht! Das Inhaltsverzeichnis ist hier einzusehen: www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Der neue Band "Psalmen und Macht", mit Beiträgen u.a. von @julianeeckstein.bsky.social zu Ps 8 und mir zu Ps 132, ist veröffentlicht! Das Inhaltsverzeichnis ist hier einzusehen: www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Brand new Augustinian writings revealed!
Two new sermons by St Augustine discovered
In a Latin manuscript from a monastery in Poland, a Latin scholar from Würzburg has found two new sermons by the Doctor of the Church, St Augustine. He is currently working with an edition company on ...
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Zwar ist Johann Christoph Döderlein für seine exilische Datierung Deuterojesajas bekannter, den kultigeren Namen hatte unter den Altdorfer Alttestamentlern aber eindeutig Johannes Saubert der Jüngere
Max Häberlein@maxavenariolus.bsky.social · 2mo agoDenke auch oft an Altdorf und Dillingen
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Bot@bdb-bot.bsky.social · 2mo agoEntry: שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת n.f. ear of grain
Last week, I gave a guest lecture on Jewish-Arabic Bible translations. I began with a series of examples of their physical form to illustrate the diversity of the Arabic Bible. I’m sharing the images here for your viewing pleasure in this thread, along with a few notes. 1/n
Michael Whitby. Single-handedly channeling the rage every editor of a collective volume has ever felt throughout generations.
Neuerscheinung! Papierbuch (15 €): www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383536085... Gratis PDF: www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383536085... Gerne reposten und weitersagen! #LitWiss
Philip K.@herbilis.bsky.social · 8mo agoIm Frühjahr 2026: Schlüsselstellen. Wie die Literaturwissenschaft zitiert. Göttingen: Wallstein 2026. Wir veröffentlichen Ergebnisse unseres Projekts als kleine Monographie. Gerne vormerken, teilen, weitersagen! #LitWiss
This volume would make a great textbook for a class on the apocrypha or Septuagint! My contribution on “Problematizing Terms: Apocrypha and Septuagint” shows the difficulties with using these terms when talking about 2nd Temple Judaism and early Christianity.
IOSCS@ioscs.bsky.social · 3mo agoNow available for pre-order: Bruce W. Longenecker, Marieke Dhont, and James K. Aitken, eds., Apocrypha and the Septuagint, Ancient Literature for New Testament Studies, vol. 1 (Zondervan: 2026). zondervanacademic.com/products/apo...
Just published: Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies volume 58, 2025. poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...
meine biblischen werte: Ruben: 46.500 Simeon: 59.300 Gad: 45.650 Juda: 74.600 Issachar: 54.400 Sebulon: 57.400 Ephraim: 40.500 Manasse: 32.200 Benjamin: 35.400 Dan: 62.700 Ascher: 41.500 Naftali: 53.400
Revisiting the extraordinary annotated edition of the Utrecht Psalter psalter.library.uu.nl A unique digital manuscript edition, offering interactive translation of the text and commentary on the images as the computer mouse hovers over them - there's nothing quite like it.
Utrecht Psalter annotated edition
A Psalter is a songbook from the Bible (Old Testament). Christians and Jews used it and still use it in their prayers and at their services. The Utrecht Psalter is world-famous for its spectacular ill...
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Herzliche Einladung nach Regensburg! Tagung "Gebet und Geschlecht. Geschlechterdiskurse in den Psalmen"
Was siehst du den Splitter im Auge deines Bruders, aber das Doppel-T-Element in deinem Auge nimmst du nicht wahr?
You can't just get away with abstracts like this anymore...
An interesting article: "Angels in Coptic Magic II: The Twenty-Four Presbyters." #Egyptology #ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/20...
Angels in Coptic Magic II: The Twenty-Four Presbyters
The Douce Apocalypse in Bodleian Library MS. Douce 180, p. 39 (1265–70 CE). Depiction of God surrounded by angels, the Four Bodiless Living Creatures, and the Twenty-Four Presbyters. Bodleian Libra…
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