Opening for two PhD positions at the University of Würzburg !!! 🔎 The project explores anti-Jewish discourse in Hellenistic, Roman, and early Christian sources, as well as its later reception in modern scholarship (1870–1920). www.theologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/01...

⏰ The deadline for docs and postdocs application is now extended to April 20!!

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Takamitsu Muraoka, Japanese pioneer of Dead Sea Scrolls Hebrew studies, dies at 88

A prominent specialist in Semitic languages, Muraoka was proud to describe himself as the first Japanese student to complete a PhD at the Hebrew University

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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Takamitsu Muraoka. His contributions to scholarship and his impact on colleagues and students will be long remembered.

Early career scholars in religious studies: Consider applying for the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise! The deadline for the 2027 Award is June 15, 2026. The Award is given to 10 scholars, and each receives a prize of € 3,000. More details: fiit-heidelberg.de/awards/laute...

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Gerard Rouwhorst, editor of the journal and series Vigiliae Christianae. His brilliance and kindness will be dearly missed, and our thoughts are with his family in this difficult moment. 3eenheidparochie.nl/2026/01/09/b...

Bestuurslid Gerard Rouwhorst overleden - Parochie van de H. Drie-eenheid

Op woensdag 7 januari overleed parochiebestuurslid Gerard Rouwhorst. Gerard hield zich binnen het bestuur van de parochie bezig met de terreinen van vorming & toerusting en diaconie. In het bestuur le...

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📜 A Holistic Reading of Chronicles with a Samoan Hermeneutic 🌏 By Samasoni Moleli Alama. An extensive and scientific study re-reading Jabez’s story from the perspective of #Chronicles as a whole, in conversation with similar realities in #Samoa. 🌺 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...

Very pleased that I decided to work from the office today - walking the snowy banks of Leiden's Polderpark Cronesteyn, right across from @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, is a rare treat. Happy new year!

📚 10 highlights from 2025 ✨ The year is coming to a close – a perfect chance to show off some of the books published this year in our #Religion, #Bible and #Theology program! 📜 Let's dive right in… 🧵

🎉 Congratulations, @josephscales.bsky.social! If you also can't wait to see what Dr. Scales does next, why not dive into his previous work? ⬇️ 📗 Galilean Spaces of Identity 🔗 brill.com/display/titl... 📜 The Booty Call: Plundering as (Dis)Assemblage in the Book of Judith 🔗 doi.org/10.1163/1568...

Joe Scales@josephscales.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Some news: www.uia.no/forskning/fo... The Research Council of Norway has awarded me a grant to examine concepts of violence in ancient Jewish war narratives. More soon, including a postdoc position hire.

Writing a piece on the Historical Jesus? The "Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus" is the right place for your work. Consider submitting your work here: 🔗https://brill.com/jshj #callforpapers

Only one month to go until the Annual Meeting of @sblsite.bsky.social & @aarweb.bsky.social 🎉 We’re excited to see you all in #Boston on 22-25 November to share ideas and show off our latest publications. Will we see you at booth #619? 📚 #AARSBL #SBL2025 #AcRel 📜

Out now! 📚 Moleli Alama’s Holistic Reading of Chronicles with a Samoan Hermeneutic 🌏 This strikingly original work discusses themes of land tenure, sovereignty & the divine, engaging with Chronicles while firmly grounded in the Pacific context. 📜Read more:🔗 brill.com/display/ti... #AcRel #Samoa

🎧 New podcast alert! 📢 Our author Cooper Smith spoke with Michael Morales of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about allusion and the Elihu speeches in Job. Listen to the episode here: 🔗 newbooksnetwork.com/... And read the book: 🔗 brill.com/display/ti... 📜 #BiblicalStudies #AcRel

📜 Why a ‘New Testament’? 🤔 Levi Baker explores how and why first-century Christians began receiving recent Christian texts as ‘Scripture’, on par with the Old Testament. Have you also always wondered the same? Read more here ⬇️ 🔗 brill.com/display/ti... #AcRel #EarlyChristianity

🎉 Out now! 📕 Travel among Early Christians by Jason Borges traces how travel and movement between churches functioned as a formative practice for group identity in early Christian communities. Read more here ⬇️ 🔗https: //brill.com/display/ti... 📜 #AcRel #EarlyChristianity

🎉 New volume in Brill's #Digital #BiblicalStudies series! 📗 Paul Robertson and a team of experts demonstrate the utility of statistical and computational approaches to the study of Paul’s letters. 💻 Dive right in ⬇️ 🔗 brill.com/display/ti... 📜 #AcRel #NewTestament #DigitalHumanities

Out in hardcover today! 🔗 brill.com/display/titl...

De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🎉 New publication! 📜 Mark Reasoner's commentary on 1 Corinthians offers a deep dive into the first-century city of Roman Corinth, evoking appreciation of Paul’s letter as an artifact of social history 🤝 Check it out here ⬇️ 🔗 brill.com/display/ti... #AcRel #NewTestament #Exegesis

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, I am very saddened to hear of the passing of Prof. Jordan S. Penkower (פרופ' יצחק שרגא פנקובר ז"ל), esteemed bible scholar and author. Our thoughts are with his family. ת.נ.צ.ב.ה.

Our author @mmonier.bsky.social has received his copies of "When Jesus Rose Early", and we couldn’t be more excited! You don’t need to wait to read it – it’s available to all in #OpenAccess! 📚📜 🔗 brill.com/display/titl...

Nitzan Shalev@nitzanshalev.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📚🎉Now also out in print! Get your hardcover here: 🔗 brill.com/display/titl... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @mmonier.bsky.social #criticalbible #OpenAccess #AcRel

📚🎉Now also out in print! Get your hardcover here: 🔗 brill.com/display/titl... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @mmonier.bsky.social #criticalbible #OpenAccess #AcRel

Nitzan Shalev@nitzanshalev.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🎉 New #OpenAccess publication! 📚📜 In "When Jesus Rose Early", @mmonier.bsky.social utilizes the full potential of the digital revolution in manuscript research to study text and paratexts in the Gospel of Mark. Hardcover out Aug 28th; #OA e-book out now: 🔗 brill.com/display/titl...

📢New release! 📜 John Healey presents a re-edition and translation of 3rd-century #Syriac legal parchments from Upper Mesopotamia, with extensive commentary. These documents constitute our earliest significant evidence of the Syriac language and script. 🔗 brill.com/display/titl... #acrel #Aramaic

🎉 New publication! 📚 Memory Formation in Isaiah 40–55 📜 Megan C. Roberts explores the phenomenon of collective memory and its connection to comfort in Second Isaiah’s poetry. 🔗 brill.com/display/titl... #acrel #biblicalstudies #memorystudies

🎉 New #OpenAccess publication! 📚📜 In "When Jesus Rose Early", @mmonier.bsky.social utilizes the full potential of the digital revolution in manuscript research to study text and paratexts in the Gospel of Mark. Hardcover out Aug 28th; #OA e-book out now: 🔗 brill.com/display/titl...

Mina Monier@mmonier.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Dear colleagues, my new book on Mark's ending is now available for free (Open Access) thanks to the @snsf.ch Open Access grant number 235752. Please feel free to download and read. Enjoy! doi.org/10.1163/9789...

Did you know that @katherinesouthwood.bsky.social is the new series editor of our Biblical Interpretation series? We’re seeking proposals - especially those engaging with new methodologies and hermeneutics! Got a book idea or manuscript ready? Get in touch with me! www.brill.com/BINS

Or if you're at #SNTS2025 this week, check it out here. 😉

📢New release! 📗📜 Athanasios Despotis offers a detailed commentary on Jesus's long speeches in John 1-12, revealing how the Gospel of John engages with the religious and philosophical discourses of its time. Check it out here: brill.com/display/titl... #criticalbible #AcRel #NewTestament

New publication! 🎉Constructing Femininity in the Book of Jubilees 🙋‍♀️ 📕 Chontel Syfox interrogates the motives and priorities that informed the rewriting and heightened visibility of the matriarchs in Jubilees. Curious? Read more here: brill.com/display/titl... #biblicalstudies #AcRel #genderstudies

🎙️ New podcast drop! Just out on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social an interview with Beth M. Stovell on her monograph "Mapping Metaphorical Discourse in the Fourth Gospel" (🔗brill.com/display/ti...). 🎧Listen to the interview here: newbooksnetwork.com/... #NewEpisode

Mapping Metaphorical Discourse in the Fourth Gospel

"Mapping Metaphorical Discourse in the Fourth Gospel" published on 07 Jun 2012 by Brill.

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☀️ Summer #sale at De Gruyter Brill! Save 40% on our books and eBooks through August. Whether you're prepping for fall courses or expanding your personal library, now's the perfect time to save big. Browse our recommended reads and get shopping now! 🔗 marketing.degruyterbrill.com/summersale20...

Very exciting new release – and in Open Access no less! 🔗 brill.com/display/titl... 📜 #biblicalstudies #AcRel #SBL #CriticalBible

De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · last yr.

Out in #OpenAccess! In the “Euthalian Tradition of the New Testament” Allen, @drkimfowler.bsky.social, Scieri and Venetskov document the Euthalian paratextual tradition to Acts, the Catholic Epistles, and the Pauline Epistles from the New Testament’s Greek manuscripts. 🔗brill.com/display/ti...