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Dan Batovici
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ERC CoG 2025 (claim.univie.ac.at) | FWF START Award 2024 (GenAut.univie.ac.at) | Co-host of @tetraseminar.bsky.social (TeTra.univie.ac.at) | Co-editor RBECS.org | Bits and bobs, manuscript studies, and the reception of EC literature. In Vienna.
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✨proofs day✨ for "Victim Blaming and Slut Shaming in the Exegesis on the Soul," coming out with Harvard Theological Review soon
Abstract of article proofs: "In recent decades, biblical and early Christian studies have become more keenly aware and critical of how ancient Mediterranean literature perpetuates patriarchal stereotypes about women, incites gendered violence, and often participates in a culture of blaming women for the perpetuation of such stereotypes and violence. This article examines how the soul is gendered and made a victim of sexual violence in a Nag Hammadi text known as the Exegesis on the Soul (Exeg. Soul). After introducing Exeg. Soul and Nag Hammadi Codex II, I examine how the text participates in victim blaming and in conversation with recent advances in classical and biblical scholarship, as well as key differences between Exeg. Soul and other texts in Codex II regarding their characterization of sexual violence. I argue that despite its usefulness in encouraging ascetics to resist desires and repent like the soul portrayed in the text, Exeg. Soul offers a less forgiving portrayal of divine intervention (or lack thereof) in moments of sexual violence and risks the revictimization of survivors."
February 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
danbatovici.bsky.social
We have now a bsky page for the Vienna project, which just announced the 2026 online seminar. Check it out, it's a nice series of talks – organised by @dekayra.bsky.social.
receptionmatters.bsky.social GenAut FWF-START @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 2d
We're thrilled to share with you the programme for the 2026 online seminar of the project! The series is curated by our colleague Maria S. Thomas (@dekayra.bsky.social).

All welcome! Let us know if you'd like to add you to the email list. genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
The programme of the 2026 GenAut online seminar, with the general theme "The Followers of the Apostles in Cultic Contexts." It can be found online at https://genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671.
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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mihalyfy.bsky.social
A new #OpenAccess textbook for Sahidic Coptic!

#Egyptology #ClassicsBlueSky
#AncientBlueSky #LangSky
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Sahidic Coptic
Begin your journey in Sahidic Coptic. This open access textbook offers essential grammar and readings for understanding Coptic texts.
uclpress.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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robertamazza.bsky.social
Where is the Sappho Brothers Poem papyrus? We only know that it is LOST. Again. #Sappho #classics #papyrology
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The lost, found and lost again Sappho Brothers Poem papyrus
Screenshot of the Brothers Poem papyrus in the box made for the Christie’s London sale: A couple of weeks ago I gave an online talk for the Paideia Institute and realized that many are unawar…
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February 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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tetraseminar.bsky.social
Next week we are hosting another paper, this time by Nicolas Atas (KU Leuven) on Syriac lexica! Tune in on Thursday 5 Feb at our regular time of 10 AM CET.
As always, don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social if you're not yet on our mailing list!
January 31, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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February 1, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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@ucph.bsky.social
Two PhD Scholarships at the Faculty of Theology
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January 31, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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mourelle.bsky.social
Coming to a bookstore near you this summer! Thanks to everyone who made this possible. [Link in comments 👇]
January 29, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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greggiven.bsky.social
Very pleased to be able to finally announce "The Critical Edition in the Infrastructure of Philology," a special issue of Philological Encounters edited by me and @danielpicus.bsky.social out this Spring.
Screen shot from an email, which reads: PHEN 11.1–2: Special issue "The Critical Edition in the Infrastructure of Philology," edited by J. Gregory Given and Daniel Picus. 1. J. Gregory Given and Daniel Picus: "The Critical Edition as Technology: A View from Biblical Studies." 2. Gregory Fewster: "Edition as Communication: David Wilkins's 3 Corinthians in the Eighteenth-century Republic of Letters." 3. Kristine Palmieri: "Philology and the Politics of Self-Promotion: F. A. Wolf's Symposium (1782) as Critical Edition and School Text." 4. Andrew S. Jacobs: "'A Clear Account of the Codex Simonideios:' Ideological Infrastructures of Biblical Vulnerability in the Nineteenth Century." 5. Isaac Landes: "Our Most Pressing Need is the Critical Edition: J. N. Epstein and the Rise of Talmudic Philology." 6. Jennifer Knust: "The New Testament Apparatus and the Rise of the American Cold War." 7. Mark Vessey: "Afterpiece - Roads, Bridges, Precincts, Thresholds: The Critical Edition in the Infrastructure of Philology since Late Antiquity."
January 21, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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worldlyscribe.bsky.social
Very exciting to see the new book of Leuven colleague Hanneke van der Schoor has now appeared, who uses Dead Sea Scroll evidence about the mysterious figure of Qahat to think through modern practices of editing and textual classification (brill.com/display/titl...; @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social).
January 22, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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worldlyscribe.bsky.social
Call for Papers - EABS 2026: Biblical Reception in Eastern Christian Traditions.

We welcome papers on manuscripts, margins, scribes, biblical traditions, and more.

Abstracts can be submitted until 31 January 2026: eabs.my.site.com/s/research-u...
January 22, 2026 at 5:17 PM
danbatovici.bsky.social
Meet our team! Starting next month: Christoph Scheerer

The GenAut Project: "The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters" genaut.univie.ac.at
genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=37
January 20, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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senarclens.bsky.social
Looted libraries : Politics, Memory, and German- Polish Entanglements
@European Review of Books: europeanreviewofbooks.com/looted-libra...
Looted libraries - The European Review of Books
« In both countries, it has left the government officials grappling with an extremely delicate and complex issue. Why is it so difficult to move forward? »
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January 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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sarahpyke.bsky.social
brilliant article about dispersed, displaced, lost and destroyed collections and the strange combination of emotional, affective, technical and administrative language used to describe them
January 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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paregorios.bsky.social
The Thesaurus Linguae Latinae project (125-year-long complete Latin language dictionary effort) is advertising to hire a full-stack developer in Munich (Django/React): job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
Full-Stack-Entwickler / -Entwicklerin zur Umsetzung der Umstellung des Thesaurus-Wörterbuchs von der gedruckten auf eine vollständig digitale Version
job-portal.lmu.de
January 19, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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matthijsdendulk.bsky.social
Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.
Postdoc Position: Early Christian Studies | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoctoral Researcher: Early Christian Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies? Check our vacancy!
www.ru.nl
January 16, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social
🥁🥁🥁Hello academic blueskyers, we are hiring again. We are looking for a proactive, communicative, motivated post-doc 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️ for our ISF project Josephus Christianus (sinowloc.wixsite.com/josephus-chr...). Feel free to circulate!
January 19, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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mcrawford.bsky.social
In case you haven't yet heard about it, there is an interesting new project on 'Ethnicity and (In)Equality in Early Christianity' being led by Matthijs den Dulk (Radboud University). Currently hiring for a 3-year postdoc. Application deadline is 8 March.
www.eiec.info/home
EIEC
Image: Jesus and the dog-headed men, Kiev Psalter, 1397
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January 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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jillwhitelock.bsky.social
Seventeenth-century squirrel, looks like it’s eating a little nut. On an embroidered binding from a 1641 psalter, SSS.34.27 @theul.bsky.social.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks 📷 #photography
A squirrel on an old embroidered book binding.
January 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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monikaamsler.bsky.social
Excited to see this happening, and a huge THANK YOU to @drewjakeprof.bsky.social for seeing this through!!
January 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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speccoll-kuleuven.bsky.social
Interested to work on our collections? The Call for applications of the LECTIO – KU Leuven Visiting Fellowships 2026–2027 is now open. As in previous years, Special Collections offers a joint fellowship. We will be happy to welcome you!
Call for applications: LECTIO Visiting Fellowships 2026–2027
www.kuleuven.be
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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vacancyedu.bsky.social
11 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Lund University, Scania, Sweden

#VacancyEdu #Postdoc #Postdoctoral #PostdocJobs #ScienceCareer #AcademicJobs #Researcher #PhDlife #PostdoctoralFellowship #JobSearch #ScholarshipAlert

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11 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Lund University, Scania, Sweden - Vacancy Edu
Lund University, Scania, Sweden invites online Application for various Postdoctoral Fellowship in their different Departments. We are providing a list of
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January 11, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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visithmml.bsky.social
February 23 is the deadline to apply for Introduction to Ge’ez, a #language and #paleography course held from July 5–August 1, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota. Course fees, meals, and lodging are generously sponsored by @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social.

Apply today: hmml.org/programs/intro-ge-ez
January 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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tetraseminar.bsky.social
Tomorrow!
tetraseminar.bsky.social TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · Jan 3
Happy New Year everyone!
We are starting off 2026 next Friday 9 Jan at 10 AM with a paper by Roman Gundacker (ÖAW/UniVie) on Manetho's Aegyptiaca.
If you're not yet on the mailing list and interested in attending, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 AM