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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/
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/
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...
Second Temple Early Career Academy Autumn 2025 Events (online) stecaonline.wordpress.com @stecacareers.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Second Temple Early Career Academy Autumn 2025 Events (online) stecaonline.wordpress.com @stecacareers.bsky.social
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-...
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...
Just published (open access): Jerome’s Sources in His Translation of the Hebrew Bible by Paul Rodrigue www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
August 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Just published (open access): Jerome’s Sources in His Translation of the Hebrew Bible by Paul Rodrigue www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
Just published: Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context, ed. Klaas Bentein, Eleonora Cattafi, and Ezra la Roi www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
August 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Just published: Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context, ed. Klaas Bentein, Eleonora Cattafi, and Ezra la Roi www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
New video series: Daily Dose of Septuagint dailydoseofseptuagint.com by Greg Lanier
August 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
New video series: Daily Dose of Septuagint dailydoseofseptuagint.com by Greg Lanier
Just published: Vetus Latina Josue, ed. Jean-Claude Haelewyck www.herder.de/theologie-pa...
August 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Just published: Vetus Latina Josue, ed. Jean-Claude Haelewyck www.herder.de/theologie-pa...
Today we begin the second day of the 2025 IOSCS Congress in Berlin! Yesterday, the keynote lecture was given by Christa Müller-Kessler on New Aramaic Text Witnesses for the LXX From the Cairo Genizah and the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
August 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Today we begin the second day of the 2025 IOSCS Congress in Berlin! Yesterday, the keynote lecture was given by Christa Müller-Kessler on New Aramaic Text Witnesses for the LXX From the Cairo Genizah and the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.