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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 22h

📜 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 ⬇️
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#AcRel #EarlyChristianity

Cook cover. Why a ''New Testament''? Covenant as an Impetus for New Scripture in Early Christianity. By Levi S. Baker. Series: Texts and Editions for New Testament Study, volume 19. Brill. 2025.

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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 8d

🎉 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 ⬇️
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📜 #AcRel #EarlyChristianity

Book cover: Travel among Early Christians: A Socio-theological Analysis of Pauline and Ignatian Communities. By Jason Borges. Biblical Interpretation Series, volume 232. Brill. 2025.

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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 13d

🎉 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 ⬇️
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📜 #AcRel #NewTestament #DigitalHumanities

Book cover: Statistical Approaches to Paul’s Letters: Distributions, Visualization, Cluster Mapping, and Topology. By Paul Robertson. Digital Biblical Studies Series, volume 7. Brill. 2025.

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Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · 14d

Out in hardcover today!
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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 15d

🎉 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 ⬇️
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#AcRel #NewTestament #Exegesis

Book cover: 1 Corinthians. By Mark Reasoner. Brill Exegetical Commentary Series, volume 3. Brill. 2025.

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Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · 17d

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.

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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 22d

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! 📚📜
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Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Aug 18

🎉 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:
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Book cover. When Jesus Rose Early: Studies on the Text and Paratexts of Mark’s Ending. By Mina Monier. Series: New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents, Volume 68. Brill. 2025.

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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · Sep 1

📢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.

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#acrel #Aramaic

The Syriac Legal Documents of the 3rd Century CE. By John F. Healey. Series: Supplement to Aramaic Studies, volume 20. Brill. 2025.

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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · Aug 21

🎉 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.

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#acrel #biblicalstudies #memorystudies

Book cover: Memory Formation in Isaiah 40–55: Poetic Reimagination that Accomplishes Comfort. By Megan C. Roberts. Biblical Interpretation Series, volume 233. Brill. 2025.

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Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Aug 18

@snsf.ch @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social #NewTestament #AcRel

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Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Aug 18

🎉 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...

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Alessandra Giliberto @agiliberto.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

Professor Katherine Southwood and Acquisitions Editor Alessandra Giliberto standing next to each other, holding a copy of a recently released title in the series Biblical Interpretation.

Book cover of “The Transformation of Tehom” by Rosanna A.Lu

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

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

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Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Aug 6

@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social

Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Aug 6

📢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

Book cover. Das Johannesevangelium und die antike griechische Philosophie. Untersuchung des philosophischen Hintergrunds der langen Reden Jesu im JohEv Band I (Joh 1–12). Author: Athanasios Despotis. Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements. Volume 195. Brill. 2025.

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Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Aug 4

@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
@uwmadison.bsky.social #CriticalBible

Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Aug 4

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:
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#biblicalstudies #AcRel #genderstudies

Book cover: Constructing Femininity in the Book of Jubilees. By Chontel Syfox. Biblical Interpretation series, volume 230. Brill. 2025.

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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · Jul 28

🎙️ 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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De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · Jul 22

☀️ 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!

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Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Jul 21

Fantastic, thank you so much Paul!

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Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Jul 21

Hi Paul, could you add @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social to the Critical Biblical Study feed? Thank you!

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Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Jul 21

Very exciting new release – and in Open Access no less!

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📜 #biblicalstudies #AcRel #SBL #CriticalBible

Front cover of a book entitled “The Euthalian Tradition of the New Testament: A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts”, by Garrick V. Allen, Kimberley A. Fowler, Emanuele Skier, and Maxim Venetskov. New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents, Volume: 67. Brill, 2025.

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Kim Fowler @drkimfowler.bsky.social · Jul 9

Coming soon in Open Access (release date this July)!

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Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Jul 8

I have some good news for Coffman enthusiasts... bsky.app/profile/nitz...

Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Jul 8

New from BINS 📕 Harrowing the Gospels 🌾
Kristofer Coffman engages in a unique Cambodian (American) reading of agriculture and agrarian life in the Gospels.

Read more here ⬇️
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#postcolonial #biblicalstudies #AcRel
@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

"Harrowing the Gospels: A Cambodian (American) Rereading of Agriculture in Mark and Matthew". By Kristofer Dale Phan Coffman. Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 231. Brill. 2025.

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Nitzan Shalev @nitzanshalev.bsky.social · Jul 8

New from BINS 📕 Harrowing the Gospels 🌾
Kristofer Coffman engages in a unique Cambodian (American) reading of agriculture and agrarian life in the Gospels.

Read more here ⬇️
brill.com/display/titl...

#postcolonial #biblicalstudies #AcRel
@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

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