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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/
Lecture (online & in-person): January 22, 2026, 6:00pm (UK) at the Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Institute, Oxford University, Beatrice Bonanno will speak on "Jewish Greek Scriptures and Early Christianity: Insights from the 'Minor Versions.'"
January 20, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Lecture (online & in-person): January 22, 2026, 6:00pm (UK) at the Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Institute, Oxford University, Beatrice Bonanno will speak on "Jewish Greek Scriptures and Early Christianity: Insights from the 'Minor Versions.'"
Virtual Seminar: The Septuagint in Modern Research. Save the date for upcoming seminars on 03/09 and 05/04. To be added to the mailing list to receive the Zoom link for these events, email Tyler Horton at lxxinmodernresearch[at]gmail[dot]com.
January 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Virtual Seminar: The Septuagint in Modern Research. Save the date for upcoming seminars on 03/09 and 05/04. To be added to the mailing list to receive the Zoom link for these events, email Tyler Horton at lxxinmodernresearch[at]gmail[dot]com.
Just published: Joseph L. Justiss, Scribal Change and Strategic Sequencing in the Hebrew Source of G Proverbs (Mohr Siebeck: 2026). www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/scri...
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Just published: Joseph L. Justiss, Scribal Change and Strategic Sequencing in the Hebrew Source of G Proverbs (Mohr Siebeck: 2026). www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/scri...
Just published: Anna Mambelli, Vedere sogni: Esegesi di Daniele 2 e 4 Old Greek (Marietti: 2025). www.mariettieditore.it/libro/978882...
January 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Just published: Anna Mambelli, Vedere sogni: Esegesi di Daniele 2 e 4 Old Greek (Marietti: 2025). www.mariettieditore.it/libro/978882...
Call for Papers: The Septuagint and the Cultural World of the Translators research unit, EABS Annual Conference, Leuven, 20–23 July 2026. Abstracts can be submitted by EABS members through the online portal: www.eabs.net
January 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Call for Papers: The Septuagint and the Cultural World of the Translators research unit, EABS Annual Conference, Leuven, 20–23 July 2026. Abstracts can be submitted by EABS members through the online portal: www.eabs.net
Call for Papers: The Greek Bible Between Judaism and Christianity research unit, EABS Annual Conference, Leuven, 20–23 July 2026. Abstracts can be submitted by EABS members through the online portal: www.eabs.net
December 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Call for Papers: The Greek Bible Between Judaism and Christianity research unit, EABS Annual Conference, Leuven, 20–23 July 2026. Abstracts can be submitted by EABS members through the online portal: www.eabs.net
Call for Papers: The 1st Symposium on the Chinese Translation of the Greek Septuagint（第一屆中文七十士譯本翻譯學術研討會) Hong Kong, 22-24 April 2026. Papers can be given in English or Chinese. Proposals due 15 February 2026.
December 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Call for Papers: The 1st Symposium on the Chinese Translation of the Greek Septuagint（第一屆中文七十士譯本翻譯學術研討會) Hong Kong, 22-24 April 2026. Papers can be given in English or Chinese. Proposals due 15 February 2026.
Call for Papers: Papyrology and the Biblical World research unit, EABS Annual Conference, Leuven, 20–23 July 2026. Abstracts can be submitted by EABS members through the online portal: www.eabs.net
December 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Call for Papers: Papyrology and the Biblical World research unit, EABS Annual Conference, Leuven, 20–23 July 2026. Abstracts can be submitted by EABS members through the online portal: www.eabs.net
Call for Conference Papers: Psalms and Paraphrases, KU Leuven, May 12-13, 2026. Abstracts due January 15, 2026. literatureswithoutborders.com/2025/11/25/c...
Call for Papers: Psalms and Paraphrases
Psalms, their translations and poetical rewritings are the focus of the SRN Literature without Borders’ next conference on 12-13 May 2026 in Leuven. The deadline for the CfP is 15 January 2026.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Call for Conference Papers: Psalms and Paraphrases, KU Leuven, May 12-13, 2026. Abstracts due January 15, 2026. literatureswithoutborders.com/2025/11/25/c...
Call for papers: Biblia Africana (Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia): The Bible in its African Receptions from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, May 5-6, 2026, Brussels. Proposals (in English or French) due December 15, 2025. calenda.org/1314743?lang...
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Call for papers: Biblia Africana (Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia): The Bible in its African Receptions from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, May 5-6, 2026, Brussels. Proposals (in English or French) due December 15, 2025. calenda.org/1314743?lang...
Just published: Eberhard Bons, Anna Mambelli, and Daniela Scialabba, eds., Joy Denied, Joy Rediscovered From Classical Greek Literature to Byzantine Christianity (Brill: 2025). brill.com/display/titl...
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Just published: Eberhard Bons, Anna Mambelli, and Daniela Scialabba, eds., Joy Denied, Joy Rediscovered From Classical Greek Literature to Byzantine Christianity (Brill: 2025). brill.com/display/titl...
Summer Course (in-person/online): The Reception of the Septuagint in the New Testament and the Early Church will be taught by Dr. Edmon Gallagher, May 11-15, 2026, hosted by Trinity Western University and the John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies.
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Summer Course (in-person/online): The Reception of the Septuagint in the New Testament and the Early Church will be taught by Dr. Edmon Gallagher, May 11-15, 2026, hosted by Trinity Western University and the John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies.
Call for Papers: The Bible in Middle Eastern Manuscript Traditions, University of Rome Tor Vergata, April 22-24, 2026. Abstracts due January 1, 2026.
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Call for Papers: The Bible in Middle Eastern Manuscript Traditions, University of Rome Tor Vergata, April 22-24, 2026. Abstracts due January 1, 2026.
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...