IOSCS Congresses

2026 IOSCS Sessions at the SBL Annual Meeting

Denver, 20–24 November 2026

Preliminary Schedule

Please consult the SBL website for the most up-to-date schedule.

Session 1

Joint Session with the Book of Jeremiah Program Unit

Chair: Carly L. Crouch

Saturday, 21 November | 9:00–11:30 AM

Theologies of MT and LXX Jeremiah

1. Miika Tucker, Septuagint Jeremiah as a Textual Witness to the Book of Jeremiah

- paper from other PU: Benedetta Rossi, Translating the Divine: Divine Epithets in the Septuagint of Jeremiah

- paper from other PU: Shelley L. Birdsong, Priests and (Pseudo-)Prophets in Jeremiah

- paper from other PU: Mark Wade Hamilton, A Matter of Degrees? Reflections on the Multiple Theologies of the Book(s) of Jeremiah

Session 2

Chair: Beatrice Bonanno

Saturday, 21 November | 1:00–3:30 PM

Translation Technique and Its Implications

2. Louis Polcin, Place as Replacement: LXX’s Re-Reading of Ex 24:10–11 in Light of Place Theology

3. Jose Alberto Paredes, Signs of Stylistic Sophistication in the Septuagint: The Nadab and Abihu Narrative (Lv 10:1–7)

4. Camilla Recalcati, Misjudged Translations? Re-evaluating the Translation Techniques of the Greek Texts of Judges

5. Joshua L. Harper, Formal Translation with “Free” Features: Translation Technique and Discourse Structure in the Old Greek of the Twelve Prophets

Session 3

Chair: Felix Albrecht

Sunday, 22 November | 4:00–6:30 PM

Texts, Paratexts, and Variants

6. W. Edward Glenny, Delimitation Criticism in Vaticanus Ruth

7. Phillip S. Marshall, The Text of Eccl 12:11

8. Corey D. Rugh, The Narrative Coherence of LXX Esther B and E: A Synchronic Approach

9. Peter J. Gentry, The Contribution of the Septuagint to Text Criticism of וְקָרָאת in Isaiah 7:14

Session 4

Chair: Jean Maurais

Monday, 23 November | 9:00–11:30 AM

Reception and Interpretation of the Septuagint

10. Frank Shaw, New Light Dispelling Old Darkness on LXX Origins

11. Matthew Miller, The Purpose of Providence in Origen's Letter to Africanus

12. Edmon Louis Gallagher, Christological Changes in the Septuagint according to Jerome

13. Jonathan W. Lo, A Chinese Translation of LXX Jonah: Insights and Implications

Session 5

Joint Session with Wisdom in Israelite and Cognate Traditions Program Unit

Chairs: Beatrice Bonanno and Bernd U. Schipper

Monday, 23 November | 1:00–3:30 PM

Greek Job: Wisdom, Poetics, and Interpretation

14. Jean Maurais, The SBL Commentary on the Septuagint: History, Principles, and Contribution

15. Ellie Paley, (Re)introducing God and Job: Characterization in the Prologue of Greek Job

16. Evangelia Dafni, Virtue and Vice. Toward Clarifying the Wisdom Character of the Septuagint of Job

17. Joel Bell, A Unique Type of Poeticising: Greek Job as a Case Study in Non-Metrical Poetry in Greek

18. Claude Cox, Responding

Q&A

Session 6

Chair: Joshua L. Harper

Monday, 23 November | 4:00–6:30 PM

Lexicography and IOSCS Business Meeting

19. Beatrice Bonanno, Rare Lexemes in Symmachus’ Psalter

20. Andrew T. Keenan, Word Bound: The Syntactic pre-existence of Compounds

IOSCS Business Meeting