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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 22d

Call for applications for a position as Assistant Professor of Religion in Early Christianity at Princeton University
puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 22d

Postdoc opportunity at the University of Helsinki for a period of 2 years for the research project "Jeremiah for the 21st Century" (PI: Dr. Miika Tucker):
- The Peshitta version of Jeremiah
- Textual criticism of the Book of Jeremiah
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Postdoctoral Researcher in The Peshitta of Jeremiah

jobs.helsinki.fi

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 23d

The Beauty and Value of Eastern Bilingual Manuscripts of the Bible by a (brilliant!) KU Leuven colleague Maxime Maleux
alongthesilkroad.com/2025/09/12/t...

The Beauty and Value of Eastern Bilingual Manuscripts of the Bible

Christianity, which originated in the Middle East, has remained deeply rooted among its diverse communities to this day, despite the rise and dominance of Islam. This enduring presence is reflected…

alongthesilkroad.com

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 26d

Armenian garshuni, i.e., Armenian written in Syriac script
Vat. sir. 544, f. 9v-12v
digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat...
It is always fascinating for me to stumble upon unexpected things in Syriac manuscripts!

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 27d

L'UCLouvain ouvre un poste académique à temps plein en Exégèse biblique et extrabiblique
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...

Un·e académique en Exégèse biblique et extrabiblique

jobs.uclouvain.be

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Aug 19

Post-Doctoral Position in Late Antique Syriac Literature at KU Leuven
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Post-Doctoral Position in Late Antique Syriac Literature

Post-Doctoral Position in Syriac Studies

www.kuleuven.be

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Aug 18

5-year postdoc position in Syriac studies
‘Gesius’ Commentaries on Galen: Recovering lost works through a mixed-method approach ’
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate (Gesius) :Oxford Road

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Jul 11

For those interested in Bar Ṣalībī, a collective volume edited by Bert Jacobs, Herman Teule and Joseph Verheyden was published recently by Brill in the series "Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity"
"Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition"
brill.com/display/titl...

Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition

"Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition" published on 19 May 2025 by Brill.

brill.com

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Jul 11

An interesting article about the language practices of Melkite Christians navigating between Greek, Syriac and Arabic. This article presents several contextualized examples of manuscripts
www.ku.de/thf/fachgebi...

When Scribes Switched Languages: Curious Patterns in Syriac Rūm Orthodox Manuscripts

www.ku.de

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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · May 9

Come study with us! Fully-funded Ph.D. scholarship opportunity to work on the Late Antique translation of texts.

www.acu.edu.au/research-and...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Jul 10

A nice drawing in this manuscript of Bar Hebraeus from 1810
MS Rendel Harris 59, fol. 86v
openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0006/ht...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks to Herman Teule, the Maurits Sabbe Library has recently acquired 11 new manuscripts in Syriac and Arabic, see theo.kuleuven.be/apps/press/t...

Treasures of Mardin: Manuscript Production, Ecclesiastical Secrets, and the Impact of Missionaries – Theology Research News

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Jul 9

There is also a fragment of a Syriac Maronite manuscript in the Special Collections, that I identified in June 2023 as an extract from the Vespers of Wednesday in the Maronite Office Hours: x.com/SpColl_KULeu...

KU Leuven Libraries Special Collections on X: "Are there any specialists in #Syriac out there who can help to identify this #manuscript? Preliminary description and more pictures on https://t.co/dvrqSJQyg8. #dta https://t.co/hOAM0oHv3R" / X

Are there any specialists in #Syriac out there who can help to identify this #manuscript? Preliminary description and more pictures on https://t.co/dvrqSJQyg8. #dta https://t.co/hOAM0oHv3R

x.com

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Jul 9

I had organized a little exhibition of 3 uncatalogued Syriac Melkite manuscripts back in March 2024:
theo.kuleuven.be/apps/press/t...

Unlocking Syriac Texts: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in Eastern Christian Editing – Theology Research News

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Jul 9

Exhibition of 15 Syriac manuscripts at KU Leuven on Thursday 11 September 2025 at 4 PM at the Maurits Sabbe Library in Leuven: "Treasures from the East: Syriac Manuscripts in the Collection of the Maurits Sabbe Library"
Registration: bib.kuleuven.be/msb/over/nie...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Jul 2

Post-doc position for a Syriacist in the Frankfurt-Leuven Project “Commentary on the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus.”
Deadline for applications: 23 July 2025
Position is to be filled as of 1 October 2025 for a period of 36 months.
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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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Jun 27

It was my first experience doing such a podcast in English. It was improvised and I realize that the contents and my English could have been better but this was a great experience for me!
Many thanks to Nunzia Di Rienzo and Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent for the invitation!

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Jun 27

If you want to listen to me speak about Turoyo Neo-Aramaic for about 20 min in English, listen to this podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Turoyo language (with Nicolas Atas)

Podcast Episode · GAZE ܓܰܙܶܐ̈ – The Treasures of Syriac · 06/26/2025 · 22m

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · May 20

A new Turoyo (Surayt) - Dutch / Dutch - Turoyo lexicon!

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · May 14

My presentation "Hagiography in Ṭuroyo as a part of the local history of Ṭur ʿAbdīn" at the "Symposium on Syriac Saints: Lives, Commemoration, and Memory" at Marquette University (Milwaukee WI, April 10-12, 2025)
youtu.be/I1Tnpw81CS8?...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Mar 30

ܪܥܝܐ ܫܪܝܪܐ
"Ware Herder": A documentary film about the life of the late Mor Julius Yeshu Çiçek, former metropolitan of the Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Central Europe

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Mar 29

These traces can reveal the Syriac origin of some Christian Arabic texts

Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Mar 29

"Syriacisms in Arabic versions of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Symbol". The aim of my presentation was to show, through an example, that despite the Arabization of Syriac Christians, traces of their Syriac heritage can still be found in their Arabic texts

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Mar 20

Next week in Palermo!

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · Feb 26

Thank you @mara-nicosia.bsky.social !

Mara Nicosia @mara-nicosia.bsky.social · Feb 25

What a book launch! Thanks to @albertorigolio.bsky.social for introducing us and to Aaron Butts for leading and commenting so nicely on the book.
Huge thanks to @zoxe.bsky.social, G Kiraz, A Cherkashina, M Farina and H Mutzafi
@gorgiaspress.bsky.social @durhamclassics.bsky.social

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