📕 New Release - 'Coptic Studies from Egypt to Los Angeles' This volume, a Festschrift in honor of Hany N. Takla, presents a collection of essays–many of which contain unpublished archival material–showcasing historical and liturgical aspects of Coptic Christianity. 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...

The first issue of the Journal for Continental Philosophy of Religion is out! Access it here and be sure to check out the #OpenAccess article: brill.com/view/journ...#OpenAccess #NewIssue

Congrats to our collaborators @worldlyscribe.bsky.social, Giorgia Nicosia, @madalinatoca.bsky.social, and Adrian Pirtea for their articles in the newly published thematic issue of the Journal of Eastern Christian Studies (co-edited by Marion). Several in Open Access! brill.com/view/journal...

📝Reviewed in PBSA: Arabic Printing for the Christians in Ottoman Lands: The East-European Connection, and Icons, Ornaments, and Other Charms of Christian Arabic Books: Second Volume of Collected Works of the TYPARABIC Project 📖 Read Elizabeth Savage's full review in the Dec 2025 issue. Link in Bio🔗

I'm proud to co-edit this highly relevant book, Global Religion and the Climate Crisis: International Perspectives on the Relation of Religion and Nature, from Practical Theology and Religious Studies. #climatecrisis #religion @degruyterbrill.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

🆕 History, Prophecy, Identity and Language in the Hebrew Bible 📚 This conference proceedings volume (18th meeting of SOTS and OTW) includes ‎contributions on #Hebrew #Semantics, the #Pentateuch, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, and (post-)exilic #historiography. Read it here: 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...

Off the press 📘 Christianity in Egypt In this accessible volume, Parker traces Egyptian Christianity from pre-Christian roots to the present, challenging common assumptions along the way. Discover all about Egyptian Christianity here: brill.com/display/ti... #ReligiousStudies #AcRel

Congratulations to profs. Maren Niehoff and @markschies.bsky.social for their new edited collection "Aspects of Time in Jewish and Christian Exegesis" which will be out soon! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

📕New The Handbook of Contemporary Religion, Film and Television examines the intersections between contemporary religions and their depictions in screen media. Contributors analyze phenomena ranging from Sámi shamanism to Pentecostalism and Ufology. 🔗brill.com/display/ti... #ReligiousStudies

#Empathy seems to be in short supply nowadays. As such, it deserved all the attention it got at the recent #Humanities for Humans talk, hosted by @1014nyc.bsky.social in New York. 1/3

Looking forward to next week’s celebration and panel discussion with Professor Brian Stanley and the contributors to the book: 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2025). #WorldChristianity brill.com/display/titl...

Journal for the Study of Judaism Vol. 57, No. 1 (2026) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social

New #openaccess article by Mila Neishtadt exploring Aramaic as a contact language in oil‑pressing terminology. Check it out here: 🔗brill.com/view/journ...

📣BNTS 2026 will take place in Maynooth this August and the Call for Papers is now live. 📅You can submit until 13th April - please tell your friends, colleagues, and casual acquaintances! bnts.org.uk/bnts-call-fo...

📢 The first 2026 Issue of Vigiliae Christianae is out, featuring an #OpenAccess article by Håkon F. Teigen. The article proposes a new interpretation of the story of Mani, the reputed founder of Manichaeism, and the Whale. Read it here: 🔗brill.com/view/journ...#OpenAccess

This latest volume in "Archaeology of Biblical Worlds" presents the excavation report from Tel Nagila, an important Middle Bronze Age site and a Judahite site during Iron Age II. #ANE #Judaism More here 🔗www.degruyterbrill.c...

Ancient perspectives on dealing with disasters. 🌪️ This latest yearbook from ISDCL sheds light on how people understood and responded to catastrophes in the late Second Temple Judaism. 🔗www.degruyterbrill.c... #DCLY

Dead Sea Discoveries Vol. 33, No. 1 (2026) brill.com/view/journal... Intersectional Investigations into the Complexity of Social Life in Early Judaism Elisa Uusimäki & @hannatervanotko.bsky.social eds. @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @jwmartens.bsky.social @peterjatkins.bsky.social

New Book Series 🎉 This is the first volume of a new series Studies in Culture, Religion, and Society. The book examines the variety of secular states in Asia and their historical development. #French #secularism #laïcité Find it here 🔗www.degruyterbrill.c...

The NCF invites you to an upcoming virtual book launch for the newest book from our team, Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion (De Gruyter, 2026). Date: February 24, 2026 Time: 4:00 pm ET Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Check this book out here: ⬇️🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

📕New #OpenAccess book 🔓 What happens when a community continues to recite sacred texts it no longer understands? Jeroen Verrijssen’s “The Liturgical Targum” explores how #Jewish communities adopted and adapted the #Aramaic translation in their liturgies 📜 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...

Yesterday, Petra-Angela Ahrens and Gerhard Kümmel presented the results of a large-scale study on military spiritual care in Berlin. The conclusion: Spiritual care in the military is not a nice-to-have, but essential for the resilience of the troops. Link to the book below ⬇️

Congratulations to Dr. James Benn (@jamesabenn.bsky.social) on the recent publication of *Inner Worlds: Individuals and Interiority in Chinese Religious Life* (Brill, 2025), co-edited with Benjamin Brose. @degruyterbrill.bsky.social brill.com/edcollbook/t...

"New in #OpenAccess! 🔓 This volume presents a comprehensive edition of cuneiform texts from ancient Mesopotamia about women's health issues. Includes text, translation, and commentary. Free to read🔗www.degruyterbrill.c...#OpenAccess! #ANE #ancientmedicine

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions Vol. 25, No. 2 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social

Very exciting to see the new book of Leuven colleague Hanneke van der Schoor has now appeared, who uses Dead Sea Scroll evidence about the mysterious figure of Qahat to think through modern practices of editing and textual classification (brill.com/display/titl...; @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social).

The Research Center for Religion and Transformation hosts an event on “Human – A Reality Put to the Test” (Brill Schöningh, 2025). On 31 Jan, 4–5:30 pm CET: book presentation by the author, response by Prof. Emeritus Anthony J. Godzieba, and audience discussion. Info: religionandtransformation.at

The TYPARABIC team will be presenting on their work on early Arabic printing at the Cairo International Book Fair, in conjunction with the Middle East Librarians Association. All the books can be access for free here: www.degruyterbrill.c... #MELALibs #openaccess

📢 New issue of Vetus Testamentum now available. Discover new research on the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible and beyond. View the table of contents here: brill.com/view/journ... #CriticalBible #AARSBL

🕌 Hot off the presses! The latest installment of the Handbook of Qurʾānic Hermeneutics, vol. 6 covers non-Muslim engagement with the Qurʾān, from the earliest centuries to the modern day. 🔗www.degruyterbrill.c... #IslamicStudies #scripture #religion

20 years after the first issue of "Bible and Film", scholars reflect on how the field has evolved and where it’s headed next. Already invested in the topic? Join the conversation here: brill.com/view/journ.... #CriticalBible

Was leistet Militärseelsorge? Ob Kirchenmitglied oder konfessionslos – Soldat:innen schätzen sie. Sie wirkt im Alltag, in Einsätzen und in der ethischen Bildung. 📚 Das Buch ist Dez. 2025 erschienen und #OpenAccess – jetzt lesen! 🔗shorturl.at/4aWf3

📚 New Release: “Looking for the Bethsaida of the Gospels” Through meticulous multidisciplinary scrutiny, Peter Kučera argues against the modern scholarly consensus that the city lay east of the Jordan river. Curious to learn more? Read more here: 🔗 brill.com/display/ti... 📜 #AcRel #Gospel

Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.

"What do we know about the first Christians in Rome? 📗 These collected articles bring together textual and archaeological evidence to explore facets of early Christian communities. Learn more here: www.degruyterbrill.c... #NT #Christianities

The first volume in a new subseries on #InterreligiousRelations, Social Cohesion, and Peacebuilding is out! 📚 Published in cooperation with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (Singapore). Find out more about the book here: 🔗 brill.com/display/titl... #ReligiousStudies #AcRel

Archiv für Religionsgeschichte Vol. 27 (2025) www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/... @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @meganjdaniels.bsky.social

Novum Testamentum Vol.68, No. 1 (2026) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social

"Brill's Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism Supplements" is now live! Explore articles on this dynamic movement from local perspectives. 🔗referenceworks.brill... #ReligiousStudies #Pentecostalism

How did Jewish communities decorate synagogues between the 3rd and 7th century? In this beautifully illustrated book, Jill Joshowitz reconsiders the relationship between late antique Jewish biblical art, synagogue rituals, and rabbinic teachings. 🔗brill.com/display/ti... #AARSBL #NewBook

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Gerard Rouwhorst, editor of the journal and series Vigiliae Christianae. His brilliance and kindness will be dearly missed, and our thoughts are with his family in this difficult moment. 3eenheidparochie.nl/2026/01/09/b...

2026 will be the year my first monograph will come out 📚📢 Very much looking forward to the publication of ‘The Jewish Dutch Elite in Transition: Patterns of Social Mobility and Integration, 1870-1940’ in @degruyterbrill.bsky.social’s Series in Jewish Studies: doi.org/10.1163/9789....

Wonderful interview with Daniel Falk on the upcoming three volume *Prayer in the Ancient World* with @degruyterbrill.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3ES1...

💠#NewBook: "Russian-speaking Jews as a Political Body". In this collection, 14 authors provide an impressive overview about how this strong transnational Jewish diaspora group participates in social life and strengthen the Jewish community worldwide. 🔗brill.com/edcollbook...

📘 New #openaccess book: Religious Communication, Interaction and Transformation in a Culture of Digitality. This book shows how the URPP “Digital Religion(s)” explores the impact of digitalisation on religious practices and institutions. Give it a read for free here: www.degruyterbrill.c...

📚 10 highlights from 2025 ✨ The year is coming to a close – a perfect chance to show off some of the books published this year in our #Religion, #Bible and #Theology program! 📜 Let's dive right in… 🧵

Volume 5 of Global Secularity is out! Focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa, 58 chapters explore how contemporary secularities emerged from local histories, political struggles, and colonial encounters. 🔗 Read it #openaccess here: www.degruyterbrill.c...#openaccess #ReligiousStudies #AARSBL

Newly published @bbaw.bsky.social in our series “Texte und Untersuchungen”: Harold A. Drake, The Speeches of Constantine and Eusebius. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...