IOSCS

Just published: Eberhard Bons, Daniela Scialabba and Antonella Bellantuono, eds., Between Scroll and Scripture Studies in Septuagint, Biblical Greek, and Papyri (Mohr Siebeck: 2026). www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/betw...

Workshop: On the Trail of the Bible of Niketas: A Transverse Approach to Catenae, 30-31 March 2026, Royal Library of Belgium KBR, Brussels and KU Leuven. More information and full programme: www.arts.kuleuven.be/grieks/nieuw...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Takamitsu Muraoka (1938–2026). An obituary can be found on the IOSCS website: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/94/

Just published: William A. Ross, Marieke Dhont, and Christopher J. Fresch, eds., Language and Identity in Hellenistic Judaism: Essays in Memory of James K. Aitken (Bloomsbury: 2026). www.bloomsbury.com/us/language-...

Happy International Septuagint Day to all who celebrate! In 2006, the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies established February 8 as International Septuagint Day, a day to celebrate the Septuagint & encourage its study. What are you reading to celebrate?

Call for papers: IOSCS sessions at the SBL Annual Meeting, Denver, November 21-24, 2026 members.sbl-site.org/cfp-detail?z...

Just published: Martin Meiser, Heinz-Josef Fabry, Michaela Geiger, Frank Ueberschaer, and Martin Vahrenhorst, eds. Die Septuaginta – Prophetische Worte, Textwelten und Versionen (Mohr Siebeck, 2026). www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/die-sep...

Call for Papers: Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense LXXV: Translating the Scriptures, July 15 - 18, 2026, Leuven. Abstracts due March 31, 2026. theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/...

To register for Zoom participation, use the following link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Lecture (online & in-person): January 22, 2026, 6:00pm (UK) at the Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Institute, Oxford University, Beatrice Bonanno will speak on "Jewish Greek Scriptures and Early Christianity: Insights from the 'Minor Versions.'"

Virtual Seminar: The Septuagint in Modern Research. Save the date for upcoming seminars on 03/09 and 05/04. To be added to the mailing list to receive the Zoom link for these events, email Tyler Horton at lxxinmodernresearch[at]gmail[dot]com.

Just published: Joseph L. Justiss, Scribal Change and Strategic Sequencing in the Hebrew Source of G Proverbs (Mohr Siebeck: 2026). www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/scri...

Just published: Anna Mambelli, Vedere sogni: Esegesi di Daniele 2 e 4 Old Greek (Marietti: 2025). www.mariettieditore.it/libro/978882...

Call for Papers: The Septuagint and the Cultural World of the Translators research unit, EABS Annual Conference, Leuven, 20–23 July 2026. Abstracts can be submitted by EABS members through the online portal: www.eabs.net

Call for Papers: The Greek Bible Between Judaism and Christianity research unit, EABS Annual Conference, Leuven, 20–23 July 2026. Abstracts can be submitted by EABS members through the online portal: www.eabs.net

Call for Papers: The 1st Symposium on the Chinese Translation of the Greek Septuagint（第一屆中文七十士譯本翻譯學術研討會) Hong Kong, 22-24 April 2026. Papers can be given in English or Chinese. Proposals due 15 February 2026.

Call for Papers: Papyrology and the Biblical World research unit, EABS Annual Conference, Leuven, 20–23 July 2026. Abstracts can be submitted by EABS members through the online portal: www.eabs.net

Call for Papers: Psalms and Paraphrases Psalms, their translations and poetical rewritings are the focus of the SRN Literature without Borders’ next conference on 12-13 May 2026 in Leuven. The deadline for the CfP is 15 January 2026.

Call for Conference Papers: Psalms and Paraphrases, KU Leuven, May 12-13, 2026. Abstracts due January 15, 2026. literatureswithoutborders.com/2025/11/25/c...

Call for papers: Biblia Africana (Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia): The Bible in its African Receptions from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, May 5-6, 2026, Brussels. Proposals (in English or French) due December 15, 2025. calenda.org/1314743?lang...

Just published: Eberhard Bons, Anna Mambelli, and Daniela Scialabba, eds., Joy Denied, Joy Rediscovered From Classical Greek Literature to Byzantine Christianity (Brill: 2025). brill.com/display/titl...

Summer Course (in-person/online): The Reception of the Septuagint in the New Testament and the Early Church will be taught by Dr. Edmon Gallagher, May 11-15, 2026, hosted by Trinity Western University and the John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies.

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

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/

Congratulations to Raphaëlle Berterottière, who has won the 2025 IOSCS John William Wevers Prize with her paper “Jewish Spiritual Exercises? The Book of Wisdom and Fourth Maccabees in Light of Pierre Hadot’s Understanding of Ancient Philosophy.”

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."

Exegesis and Reception of the Psalms, 1st International
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.