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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/
Just published: Matthew J. Albanese, Translation Technique and Literary Structures in Greek Isaiah 13:1–14:23, SCS 79 (SBL Press, 2025). cart.sbl-site.org/books/060479P
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Just published: Matthew J. Albanese, Translation Technique and Literary Structures in Greek Isaiah 13:1–14:23, SCS 79 (SBL Press, 2025). cart.sbl-site.org/books/060479P
New Master's degree program: The Master Jewish and Christian Scriptures: History, Exegesis, Reception (JewChriS) is designed to help graduate students navigate the history of Biblical sources across the Jewish and Christian traditions. www.fscire.it/school/maste...
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
New Master's degree program: The Master Jewish and Christian Scriptures: History, Exegesis, Reception (JewChriS) is designed to help graduate students navigate the history of Biblical sources across the Jewish and Christian traditions. www.fscire.it/school/maste...
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Anneli Aejmelaeus (1948–2025), who had a significant impact on the field of Septuagint studies as professor at the University of Helsinki. A full obituary can be found on the IOSCS website: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/89/
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Anneli Aejmelaeus (1948–2025), who had a significant impact on the field of Septuagint studies as professor at the University of Helsinki. A full obituary can be found on the IOSCS website: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/89/
Congratulations to Raphaëlle Berterottière, who has won the 2025 IOSCS John William Wevers Prize with her paper “Jewish Spiritual Exercises? The Book of Wisdom and Fourth Maccabees in Light of Pierre Hadot’s Understanding of Ancient Philosophy.”
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Congratulations to Raphaëlle Berterottière, who has won the 2025 IOSCS John William Wevers Prize with her paper “Jewish Spiritual Exercises? The Book of Wisdom and Fourth Maccabees in Light of Pierre Hadot’s Understanding of Ancient Philosophy.”
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...
Just published: Jean Maurais, "Septuagint Origins: The State of the Question," Currents in Biblical Research 24 (2025). doi.org/10.1177/1476... @jeanmaurais.bsky.social
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October 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Just published: Jean Maurais, "Septuagint Origins: The State of the Question," Currents in Biblical Research 24 (2025). doi.org/10.1177/1476... @jeanmaurais.bsky.social
31 Oct Lyon/online: « Jérôme et les sources juives et chrétiennes de la Vulgate » avec Paul Rodrigue, à 13h au 22 rue Sala, Lyon 2e, 1er étage, cnrs.zoom.us/j/9970162811... de réunion: 997 0162 8112 Code secret: h7VMUv
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October 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
31 Oct Lyon/online: « Jérôme et les sources juives et chrétiennes de la Vulgate » avec Paul Rodrigue, à 13h au 22 rue Sala, Lyon 2e, 1er étage, cnrs.zoom.us/j/9970162811... de réunion: 997 0162 8112 Code secret: h7VMUv
Second Temple Early Career Academy Autumn 2025 Events (online) stecaonline.wordpress.com @stecacareers.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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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-...
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
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September 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Job opening: An academic in Exegesis of Biblical and Extra-Biblical Texts, UCLouvain jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
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...
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The latest issue of the Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies has just been published! If you are not yet an IOSCS member, consider becoming one so that you can be sure to receive future issues of the journal. poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...
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August 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The latest issue of the Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies has just been published! If you are not yet an IOSCS member, consider becoming one so that you can be sure to receive future issues of the journal. poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...