Come work with us: looking for a high profile researcher in systematic theology (dogmatics)

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Guess what? I’m at risk of redundancy. My job - and those of my colleagues in my department and across our wider faculty of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences - is one of those currently targeted for cuts. I received a personal letter today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Have you recently turned in your BA or MA thesis in Ancient Near Eastern studies? If you receive a really good mark, you can send it in to compete for a NINO Thesis Prize! BA first prize €400, MA €600. Submission is now open until 1 October. Full regulations and conditions: buff.ly/nmTrPSO

🏆 BIAJS PhD Studentship Call! 📜 To support the society and undertake an independent project promoting Jewish studies in the UK and Ireland £1,500 p/a for the duration of the PhD 📅 Deadline 22nd June, interviews during BIAJS 13-15 July or online bajsbulletin.wpcomstaging.com/2026/06/09/b...

Hi folks, can anyone please recommend a study (in whichever language) on the development of the Byzantine Gospel lectionary, and its manuscript symbols/ligatures etc. ? Thanks!

If you were designing a "Bible-based" tour of the British museum, what would you include? Obviously the Lachish reliefs, but what else?

Noen her som har skrevet NFR-søknad i humaniora og levert inn en søknad med fotnoter? Jeg tenker at våre fagfeller er vant til det, men vi får beskjed om å endre referansesystemet i søknaden av hensyn til leserne. Som jeg håper er relevante fagfeller.

Has anyone managed to register for EABS? The website just seems to list prices and I can see no way of booking?

My monograph “Fighting Talk: Motivating Violence in Ancient Judaism through the Pre-Battle Speech” has been accepted into the Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism series (Mohr Siebeck). Very lovely review and I look forward to getting it into publication shape shortly.

My book is 50% off through Princeton's Spring Sale if you were looking to snag it at a deal. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Responsibility for Murder with @josephscales.bsky.social

He makes a good point

Judith's Ambiguous Heroism #biblicalstudies #bible #biblepodcast #judith #bookofjudith #apocrypha

Do you teach ancient war or peace? If so, we'd love to hear from you! We are putting together a new Handbook for Teaching Ancient War and Peace, designed to enhance both teaching and learning experiences at all educational levels. More info here: tawp.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/04/28/h...

🎁📖🏺 GIVEAWAY! 🏺📖🎁 We've run the rule over Curtis Dozier's excellent "The White Pedestal" and to celebrate, we have a copy to give away. To win it, have a read of the article and follow the instructions at the end... www.workingclassicists.com/zine/book-re...

Summer School course: Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: Texts, Traditions, Text Cases, Open Questions, Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, July 1-4, 2026.

New article from @isaactsoon.bsky.social and myself on some Jewish Babylonian warlords in Josephus’ Antiquities. Hopefully will be of interest, it gets into questions around masculinity, orientalism and physiognomy in Josephus. Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New article from @isaactsoon.bsky.social and myself on some Jewish Babylonian warlords in Josephus’ Antiquities. Hopefully will be of interest, it gets into questions around masculinity, orientalism and physiognomy in Josephus. Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Calling all Professors of Religion! Do you teach an intro to the study of religion course? If so, would you be willing to share your syllabus? Collecting for research purposes.

We are hiring! Join the ICS as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Roman Archaeology. Are you interested in rethinking Roman frontiers through material culture, heritage practice, and public engagement? Full details here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Final push for sharing this. The deadline is next Monday and I can answer queries over the weekend if there’s any last minute applicants.

Final deadline is next Monday. Thanks again for sharing this and I look forward to reading the applications.

We're filling up fast for Monday's celebration of Sarah Lightman and the launch of our new @uomreligion.bsky.social project, Encountering Biblical Bodies! Book your place and please share if you know folks around Manchester who have a body (biblical or otherwise) at tinyurl.com/BibWomen

There’s two weeks left to apply for this position. I appreciate everyone who has shared this so far. If anyone has questions about the position, then please contact me.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion, University of Bergen, Norway. Specialization in Rabbinic literature 2nd – 7th century CE. NB Short deadline: 6 March. nt4ox.link/BergenPDF26

PhD scholarships available at DCU's School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music! Contact myself with any queries! Deadline 23 March. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQQ746/p...

The deadline for applications has been extended to March 23rd to allow a bit more time for candidates to work on their application materials.

PhD opening in Bergen. Come and work with me on my NFR project looking at violence and warfare in antiquity: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD opening in Bergen. Come and work with me on my NFR project looking at violence and warfare in antiquity: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

My conversation with @josephscales.bsky.social will be available 13 April for $5 a month on Patreon.

Hi, I am trying to access a manuscript held at the (Greek Orthodox) Jerusalem Patriarchal library. I wrote and received no response. Does anyone have experience with this library or know someone I can contact, please?

Calling all Early Career Academics, on Weds 11 Feb at 10am we will be hosting an online Researcher Training: Applying for Postdoctoral and Early-Career Fellowships and Funding ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Please share these postdoc opportunities in Bergen, Norway 👇 Deadline March 6

Book manuscript submitted. More to come soon but happy to have got this far with my pre-battle speech project. I’ve been walking up in the mountains and have now come down.

Check out “Responsibility for Murder: The Background of Judith’s Legal Argumentation” by Joseph Scales in #JBL144.4. Access the article online using your SBL username and password. tinyurl.com/a6cbyh55.

We have a PhD position open (four years, full funding): www.umu.se/en/work-with...

My latest (published) article “Responsibility for Murder: The Background of Judith’s Legal Argumentation” Journal of Biblical Literature 144.4 is now available. I spoke about the argument with the folk at MF Norwegian School of Theology (recorded and available in the link): youtu.be/tN_6LwMqOVs?...

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.

Does anyone have access to the American Journal of Archaeology? My ICS membership doesn't give me online access to the more recent volumes, and I really don't want to have to spend a day/£20 getting a train into London to see their physical copy of 129.2. I miss institutional access...

Fancy a free drama workshop? apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/08/p... On 22nd Jan 2-4.30pm @uniofstandrews.bsky.social we are running an interactive drama workshop with theatre-makers NMT Automatics to explore the power of peace storytelling on stage. Email [email protected] to sign up!

Since 1938, we published 500 titles in the Mnemosyne Supplementa series. Let us know which volume of all 500 you like best, and win the volume! The same for Trends in Classics and its current 200 volumes. If you are at the AiA-SCS, come get a chocolate bar..

Registration to attend our inaugural Ancient Peace Studies Network conference closes on 9th January - last chance to sign up! apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/

Day one at @unibergen.bsky.social and I’ve set up my book shelves. There seems to be so many more when they’re boxed up and need lifting.

Last trip of what has turned out to be an astonishingly difficult move up to Bergen. But the weather is fine and things seem to be getting brighter.

This arrived, just in time to be packed up for moving. My chapter on the Apocryphon of Ezekiel argues that it was not a single composition in antiquity, and it mostly made up of independent short sayings. Thanks to the editor Marieke Dhont and @tandtclark.bsky.social for publishing. Happy new year

Come and become my new colleague: Two fully funded PhD positions (3yrs, start 9/2026) advertised at the Faculty of Theology (all disciplines) at #UniversityofCopenhagen, deadline: 16 March 2026 employment.ku.dk/phd?show=154...