Call for Papers: XIX Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Berlin, 11-12 August 2025 in conjunction with IOSOT. 

The main theme of the IOSCS meeting will be ‘The Septuagint: Text, Language, and Transmission’, encompassing questions of critical editing, linguistic features, translation, and reception.

In addition, we invite panel sessions from several IOSCS projects (Hexapla Project, LXX.D, SBLCS) and other allied groups (e.g. HTLS, Göttinger Septuaginta, La Bible d’Alexandrie) on aspects of their current work.

The deadline for submission of proposals is 31st December 2024. Abstracts of up to 250 words should be sent to the secretary of IOSCS, Dr. Felix Albrecht (felix.albrecht@adwgoe.de) for consideration by the programme committee. Decisions will be made by 31st January 2025. Presenters will be required to hold paid-up membership of the IOSCS.

The Electors of the Grinfield Lecturership propose to appoint a lecturer to hold office for two years from 1 October 2025.

The lecturer is required to give three lectures in each academic year in Oxford, on the LXX version of the Hebrew Scriptures, and addressing any aspect of its history (including its material culture as represented by papyri and manuscripts), its versions, its philological character, or its bearing on the criticism of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament.

The stipend of the lectureship is £1,500 per year of the lectureship. A grant may be made towards the cost of travelling and other expenses. The lectures are normally held in February of each year of the tenure of the post.

Candidates for the lectureship should send their names, a curriculum vitae, and a detailed statement of the subject of the lectures which they propose to deliver, together with any further information which they may consider appropriate, by email to the Head of Administration and Finance (haf@theology.ox.ac.uk), not later than 1st October 2024.

The choice of the Electors will not be limited to those who apply, and preference will be given to proposals that would form the basis for a book.

For examples of recent lecture series, see https://vimeo.com/ochjs under ‘Grinfield Lectures'.

The annual Septuagint Summer Course hosted by the John William Wevers Institute of Septuagint Studies at Trinity Western University (Langley, British Columbia, Canada) has just been announced. The course "The Septuagint and Law" will be held June 24-28, 2024. It is possible to attend either in-person or online. For registration or information, download the poster here.

The dates for Sébastien Morlet’s second series of Grinfield lectures have just been announced. Download the poster here. 

The recent horrific events in Israel and the ensuing war in the Gaza Strip have occasioned numerous acts of violence and hate. Particularly concerning is the exponential rise in the number of antisemitic incidents that have taken place even in our universities and various academic settings. These have affected many of our Jewish colleagues and students or those close to them, who now fear for their safety. The history of Septuagint research is not exempt from such sentiments, which is why we feel compelled to express our solidarity with our Jewish colleagues and state in the strongest possible terms our opposition to all forms of antisemitism. At the same time, we deplore the rise of Islamophobia in western societies: as scholars in the field of religion we are committed to promote understanding and harmonious relations with our Muslim neighbors.

— The IOSCS Executive Committee