Matthijs den Dulk

Amazing! Very happy for you, Dan.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289816) | University of Bergen Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289816), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, March 6, 2026

The second is earmarked for research on ancient Christian ascetic and monastic literature from its emergence to the 6th century CE.

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289814) | University of Bergen Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289814), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, March 6, 2026

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Two new postdoc positions have opened in the RADHEART project at the University of Bergen.
The first is on ancient Rabbinic literature from the 2nd – 7th century CE.

#AcRel #sblaar #AncientBlueSky

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Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature Cambridge Core - History of Religion - Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature

My short Elements book "Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature" is now available on Cambridge Core. It was a lot of fun to learn from the exciting scholarship that's been happening and I hope that it's a useful resource for people. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

She engaged the book in some detail in her paper at the Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense last summer. It'll appear in the conference volume edited by Eve-Marie Becker at some point.

For those of you currently at #aarsbl25 #sblaar25, there should be an advance copy of the volume at the Brill booth, in case you'd like to check it out.

Photo of my book Fan Fiction and Early Christian Writings

Very much looking forward to the book review panel of my book at 4pm today! It’s S22-336 if anyone’s interested. With superstars @drmjcwarren.bsky.social @brownsmith.bsky.social and Acacia Chan. #aarsbl25 #sblaar25

📚 Out now! 🎉 In this volume, leading scholars draw on 'epistolarity’ to explore early Christian letters, revealing how they shaped thought patterns and continued to be re-read by later generations 📜
Congrats to Judith Lieu, Matthijs den Dulk, and all the contributors!
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Bronwen Neil, James Corke-Webster, Adam Schor, Eve-Marie Becker, Jan Willem van Henten, and the good people at De GruyterBrill @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social, @athinadimitriou.bsky.social, @nitzanshalev.bsky.social (2/2).

Cover of the book 'early christian epistolarity' by Judith Lieu and Matthijs den Dulk

Early Christian Epistolarity is out now! Get your copy (or, you know, get your library to order it) at brill.com/display/titl.... It was an honor to work on this project with Judith Lieu
@greggiven.bsky.social @angelastandh.bsky.social @cavanconcannon.bsky.social, Harry Maier (1/2)

Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access

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Thanks, Mike!

Proofs of "Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul" forthcoming with CUP

Proofs day!

Coptic Gospels and Associated Texts Welcome to Cambridge Core

The first two books of our 'Coptic Gospels & Associated Texts' series with @universitypress.cambridge.org are now available to read online. The series provides thematic introductions & new translations to non-canonical gospels. www.cambridge.org/core/series/...

📚 Great news for patristics scholars!

The proceedings of the International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford, 2011 & 2015) are now available in Gold Open Access.
That’s 42 volumes of cutting-edge research—now free to read on our website!

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Jonge onderzoekers, d.w.z. promovendi, postdocs en tijdelijke docenten, zijn essentieel voor het onderwijs en onderzoek aan de universiteiten. Ze hebben het moeilijker dan ooit--en dat is geen onvermijdelijk natuurverschijnsel, daar zitten bestuurlijke en politieke keuzes achter.

Announcing the launch of the open-access Journal of Christian Apocryphal Literature (JCAL). Sign up if you are interested in being a contributor or reviewer! journals.aperio.press/jcal/submiss...

The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies is hiring three postdoctoral researchers.

We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.

Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!

Conference announcement/call for papers! You’ll note that there’s no theme beyond “new research on apocryphal Christian literature.” We truly just want to hear about whatever interests you most in apocryphal Christian literature right now. More info here: www.nasscal.com/meetings/

We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Congrats to Augustinus P.M. Aerssens on winning the CRINT Prize for his essay "Augustine's Jews: 'Slay Them Not,' But Still a Dead Letter?," which, according to the jury (Berthelot, Rosen-Zvi, Tomson), "sheds interesting light on a fundamental aspect of Jewish-Christian polemics in late Antiquity"

I personally don’t think disciplines need to be “relevant” to be important. That said, a day doesn’t pass—esp these days!—when there isn’t something in the news that Religious Studies training/coursework could help one understand

This arrived unexpectedly today!

Fight Cuts, Defend Higher Education at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is planning to lay off an undisclosed number of faculty—including many tenured faculty—and to close units based on a projected budget deficit that was discovered late spring t...

University of Oregon is planning to close dept and lay off faculty—incl many *tenured* faculty—& among those impacted are Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, and Holocaust Studies. Here is a link to a petition asking the president to reconsider actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...

What an absolute shame.

In which Cliff Ando concentrates his formidable powers of analysis in a broad-based and razor-sharp indictment of the University of Chicago over the last few decades.

My lord. This is *withering*.

Quote from a story on changes at the U of Chicago that notes they are "pausing" doctoral eduction in Classics, Comp Lit, Germanic studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Romance languages and literatures, and South Asian Studies.

Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.

Atrocious

Having enjoyed a few such threads, let’s do a “for every like I’ll post something I find interesting about ancient Judaism” thread.

Job: 0,75 Wiss. Mitarb. "Historische Theologie" (Univ. Siegen)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-156256

Siegen, 01.10.2025-30.09.2028, Universität Siegen, Bewerbungsschluss: 23.07.2025