IOSCS

This account posts news from the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies as well as notices of events and publications related to the academic study of the Septuagint. Submissions: DM or email ioscstwitter[at]proton[dot]me.

Congratulations to IOSCS president Alison Salvesen on being elected a fellow of the British Academy! thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/profes…

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Robert Hanhart (1925–2025), director of the Septuaginta-Unternehmen for over 30 years. An obituary can be found on the IOSCS website: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/86/

Just published: Studies on the Old Latin of the Book of Esther by Dionisio Candido, CBET 102.2 (Peeters: 2025). peeters-leuven.be/detail.php?sea…

This is a friendly reminder that submissions for the John William Wevers prize are due September 1, 2025.

Congratulations to Martijn Beukenhorst, who passed his dissertation defense on June 19, 2025 at the UCLouvain! His dissertation, “Unraveling the Mysteries of the Miscellanies. Understanding the origins of 3 Kingdoms 2:35a-o and 2:46a-l” was supervised by Prof. Matthieu Richelle.

Congratulations to Jesús Salvador García Ortiz on defending his dissertation “Old Greek Deuteronomy and Jewish Politics in Ptolemaic Egypt: The Socio-Political Implications of the Greek Translation of Deuteronomy” at the Pontifical Biblical Institute! biblico.it/tesi/garcia-or…

Soutenance de la thèse de Mme Jacqueline Richard, "Epithymía dans la Bible grecque," 24 juin 2025 09h00, Palais universitaire, salle Tauler, Université de Strasbourg. ed.theologie.unistra.fr/agenda/eveneme…

Lecture: "Fayumic Explorations: What the Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum might tell us about the birth of the Septuagint," by Camilla Recalcati (@CamillaLxx), hosted by the EABS Monthly Graduate Seminar, 18 June 2025, 19:00 CEST.

Die Septuaginta: Geschichtsbücher, Historiographie, Literatur. 9. Internationale Fachtagung, Wuppertal, 24.-27. Juli 2025. Das Programm finden Sie hier: tinyurl.com/yyahe3dk

A full obituary for Leonard Greenspoon (1945-2025) can now be found on the IOSCS website: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/85/

We are saddened to announce the passing of Leonard Greenspoon, former IOSCS president and long-time organizer of our program at the SBL Annual Meeting. networks.h-net.org/group/discussi…

Conferencia (en persona): "El dolor del traductor: traduciendo dolencias en el Levíticio griego," J. Alberto Paredes, 29 mayo 2025, Sala Julián Ribera (1C9), Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Madrid @CCHS_CSIC

Blog post: Contributions towards a Critical Edition of Aquila and Symmachus in the Psalter by Kyle Young septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/blog/contribut…

Workshop annuale: Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint (HTLS, Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 4 vols., 2020-) Fondazione per le scienze religiose via San Vitale 114 - 40125 Bologna, 8-9 maggio 2025 | 09.00-18.00

Presentazione del volume The Septuagint of Ruth: Translation Technique, Textual History, and Theological Issues di Beatrice Bonanno (Turnhout, Brepols, 2024), Fondazione per le scienze religiose via San Vitale 114 - 40125 Bologna, 7 maggio 2025 | 11.30-13.00

Call for Papers: Transmission, Variation, and Transformation of "Deuterocanonical" Literature Over Time, 5-6 November 2025, Metz, France, abstracts due 31 July

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Albert Pietersma, who had a significant role in the leadership and development of the IOSCS over many years. A full obituary is available on the IOSCS website: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/84/

8 aprile 16:00: "uBIQUity e Resilient Septuagint: le Bibbie dei Padri nell'era digitale," una presentazione di Laura Bigoni e Isabella Pignocco, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia e Fondazione per le scienze religiose di Bologna(modalità mista: in presenza e online)