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Regula M. Zwahlen @remaz.bsky.social · 1d

PhD Scholarship in Theology, Religious Studies or Slavic Studies at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of KU Leuven: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

PhD Scholarship in Theology, Religious Studies or Slavic Studies

PhD History Catholic Ecumenism

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Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 16d

I have been informed by the good folks at @gorgiaspress.bsky.social that my translation of the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch (aka 2 Baruch) is officially in print, though I don't have a hard copy yet. Here's a link: www.gorgiaspress.com/maccabees-3-...

3-4 Maccabees and the Apocalypse of Baruch According to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation

This volume is part of a series of English translations of the Syriac Peshitta along with the Syriac text carried out by an international team of scholars.

www.gorgiaspress.com

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Aug 20

Congratulations! It is wonderful to see this in print!

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Jul 22

We have extended the call for applications to July 30th for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven Project “Commentary on the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus.” The successful candidate would not necessarily need to move to Frankfurt to take up this position.

Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Jul 2

I am happy to share an advertisement for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven project "Commentary on John of Ephesus's Ecclesiastical History." The deadline is 23 July 2025, and the position is to be filled from 1 October 2025. Please feel free to contact me or Hartmut Leppin with questions.

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Jul 17

One more week to apply!

Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Jul 2

I am happy to share an advertisement for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven project "Commentary on John of Ephesus's Ecclesiastical History." The deadline is 23 July 2025, and the position is to be filled from 1 October 2025. Please feel free to contact me or Hartmut Leppin with questions.

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Jul 2

And here is the link: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794849/FB0...)

Goethe-Universität — FB08 - Philosophie und Geschichtswissenschaften

Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Jul 2

Congratulations!

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Jul 2

I am happy to share an advertisement for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven project "Commentary on John of Ephesus's Ecclesiastical History." The deadline is 23 July 2025, and the position is to be filled from 1 October 2025. Please feel free to contact me or Hartmut Leppin with questions.

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Apr 17

This article appears in an edited volume on manuscripts, which I can highly recommend. It is published open access here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Manuscript Treasures from Afro-Eurasia

Throughout the Middle Ages manuscripts were routinely commissioned, copied, illustrated, displayed, read, and transferred across both sides of the Mediterranean. Their significance as vehicles for the...

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Apr 17

The second article focuses on the relationship between the production of translations and the circulation of manuscripts, with an emphasis on the Syriac evidence. The full article can be found here: www.academia.edu/128835135/Tr...

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Apr 17

The article is published in the most recent fascicle of the Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum as part of a broader article on translations, with sections also on classical antiquity and ancient Judaism.

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Apr 17

The first discusses translation practice and theory and analyzes the evidence for translations into fourteen different languages. A preview of the article can be found here: www.academia.edu/128835239/%C.... But please contact me for a full offprint.

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Apr 17

For about the last five years, I have been working on the translation and translation cultures of Christian communities in late antiquity, seeking especially to bring together the Latin and Greek evidence with that found in eastern Christian languages. The first two articles have finally appeared.

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Apr 4

So sorry to hear this!

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Apr 4

Sorry to hear this, Jeremiah.

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Apr 3

Very sorry to hear this, Dan.

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Mar 20

Next week in Palermo!

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Mateusz Kusio @mateuszkusio.bsky.social · Feb 28

Very glad to see this volume, which I had the honour and the pleasure of co-editing with Julia Doroszewska, the prime mover of the project, from the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw, being released today by @brepols.bsky.social

The cover of the volume "Boundaries of Holiness, Frontiers of Sainthood:
Negotiating the Image of Christian Holy Figures and Saints in Late Antiquity" (ed. Julia Doroszewska, Mateusz Kusio, Brepols, 2025), including a detail from the painting "Project of an Icon" by Jerzy Nowosielski

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Feb 18

L’Académie Belge pour l’Étude des Langues Anciennes et Orientales (ABELAO) a le plaisir de vous inviter à son école d’été, qui se tiendra à Louvain-la-Neuve du 29 juillet au 8 août.
Plus de détails et inscriptions sur www.abelao.eu

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Feb 13

Very much looking forward to the visit of the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Awa III, to Leuven on Monday, February 24th! If you are in the area, please feel free to come (you can register via this website through February 20th). theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/...

The Challenges for the Assyrian Church of the East: Lecture by Patriarch Mar Awa III

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Jan 30

Thanks for this list! Could you add me as well?

Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Jan 29

Most of my research focuses on the Syriac tradition, especially sermons, historiography, manuscripts, letters, and the broader study of translations in Christian communities of the first millennium.

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Jan 28

Thanks for putting the list together! I work in the field of pre-modern eastern Christianity.

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Dec 12

Could you add me as well.

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Philip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · Dec 11

Congratulations! Looking forward to seeing it!