Almost here!

The ERC consolidator grant guidelines just changed the length of the B.2 section of the proposal by half—from 14 to 7 pages! erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

New issue of Novum Testamentum Vol. 67, No. 3 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @jalollar.bsky.social @goure.bsky.social

Troubling news regarding St. Catherine’s Monastery. en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/announcement...

Next year in Rome!

Just saw this one from a friend 😂😂😂

Time to edit some proofs!

Important new book out! Looking forward to getting it. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

New Testament scholar Hans-Josef Klauck has died

Next week! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Durham Classics and Ancient History and Theology and Religion are top 10 worldwide! Excited to be part of this great university! www.durham.ac.uk/discover/qs-...

The decline of democracy comes at the hands of unregulated big tech. Vance’s bewildering accusations against the EU and Ukraine aim at dismantling the regulatory institutions that keep tech companies in check.

Send in a paper! It’s going to be a great conference!

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

From Religious Studies at York Twitter account: The administration at York University has suspended admissions to the Religious Studies program . . . The faculty have written this statement. We ask you to will distribute it widely and write to York's administration to protest this decision.

Please join us for NASSCAL‘s First Friday of March workshop with Philippe Therrien (Université Laval).

💥 Join us for this week's research seminar! 👩‍🏫 @jalollar.bsky.social (@britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellow), "Between Myth and History: Apocrypha, Hagiography and Historiography in Syriac Manuscripts” 📅 1pm, Weds 19 Feb 🔗 Ritson Room / hybrid

Great resource for those fellow nerds interested in Latin manuscripts. delm-net.github.io?fbclid=IwY2x...

A wonderful book. I highly recommend. One of the most readable and enjoyable academic books I have ever read.

Finally got this today! I can’t wait to get into it!

Watch the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyqn...

Scholarly crowd sourcing: I’m looking for some studies on pilgrim and/or monastic travel routes in the eastern Mediterranean. I already have Egeria’s travelogue, any others people recommend?

Workshop on Aristotle soon in Durham! Spoiler: lots of Syriac and Arabic material to be discussed! Join us!

Important new translation of Strategius’ account of the sack of Jerusalem in 614! Open access! isac.uchicago.edu/research/pub...

Literary Beginnings in Late Antiquity workshop at All Souls in Oxford is underway!

The NASSCAL First Friday workshop series on "Falling for Thekla" concludes with Tony Burke on December 6 at noon EST. To take part in the workshop, see the contact details in the image below.

Applications are open for HMML’s Introduction to Arabic Manuscript Studies. This one-week intensive course will take place virtually, from June 23 to 27, 2025. Application deadline is March 3, 2025. More information: hmml.org/programs/arabic-mss-studies

Coming soon from Mohr Siebeck!

Interesting reflections on our Syriac conference last spring, by some of those who were there! Read more here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur... www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ESW...

Join us in Oxford on Dec. 9th for a workshop on Literary Beginnings in Late Antiquity! International experts will discuss the rise of Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, and Ethiopic literatures in the early centuries of our era. sites.google.com/view/literar...

For those who haven’t seen it, Roberta Mazza’s new book about illegal manuscript trade is out and it is a really great read.

Please join us next Friday, October 4th at 12pm EDT as we continue our "Falling for Thekla" series with @jalollar.bsky.social's piece on the reception of Thekla in Syriac-speaking traditions. See you there!

NASSCAL First Friday in October! Our semester of Thecla continues with @jalollar.bsky.social and the Syriac tradition!

Our forum on the new volume of essays edited by Ivan Miroshnikov, Parabiblica Coptica, continues with a response from Jacob Lollar #coptic #apocrypha @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social @jalollar.bsky.social

NASSCAL First Fridays are back! Looking forward to a great series talking about Thekla. First up: Andrew Jacobs on the Life of Thekla.

Apocrypha lovers, I'd like to draw your attention to our next First Fridays Workshop featuring the work of @jalollar.bsky.social. Next Friday, April 5th at 12 EDT we'll be discussing Lollar's work on Ephesians and competing Christianities in 2nd c. Ephesus. Not to be missed!

Added to e-Clavis: Materiae apocryphorum ~ Altarpiece and Chapel of Thecla, Tarragona Cathedral, compiled by @tonyburke.bsky.social with Jacob Lollar. www.nasscal.com/materiae-apo...

New from Materiae Apocryphorum: www.nasscal.com/materiae-apo...

2024 will have war, floods and sore throats, medieval guide predicts www.medievalists.net/2024/01/2024...

20 Open Access Books about the Middle Ages you can Read for Free www.medievalists.net/2023/12/20-o...

Few know it but the Bayeux Tapestry provides early evidence for Die Hard's reception as a Christmas movie

Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Martyrdom of Peter and Paul (Armenian), compiled by Tony Burke (@tonyburke.bsky.social). www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...

For those who work in Late Antiquity and beyond, Anthony Kaldellis’s new book, a massive History of Byzantium, just came out! Check out his podcast Byzantium and Friends as well! mamlikshistory.blogspot.com/2023/12/down...

If you follow Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, art history, monasticism, and a bunch of other topics (especially in Egypt), check out this recent update on discoveries at Deir al-Surian. Really amazing images they have recently excavated! ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/coll...

My new book on the Doctrina Addai has finally hit Amazon. Check it out! www.amazon.com/Doctrine-Add...

New book is finally up. Check it out! wipfandstock.com/978166675206...

Exciting Apocrypha-related papers at SBL this year! www.apocryphicity.ca/2023/10/23/c...

Open access! austriaca.at?arp=0x003e8a...