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Academic books, journals and news from the Religion, Bible, and Theology department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
🆕 Gregory L. Cuéllar challenges methodological nationalism in migration studies and Western biblical interpretation, arguing that empire—not the nation-state—structures mobility and displacement in ancient texts and modern political imagination. Read more: 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
Volume IV of the "Rechtgeschichtlicher Kommentar zum Neuen Testament" is out! 📙 With over 600 pages, this volume completes the legal-historical analysis of the New Testament's narrative texts, focusing on the Gospels and Acts. Check it out here: 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.c...
Just published and already in the author’s hands! ✍️ “Migration and Western Biblical Interpretation” is available for a browse (and grab!) at our #EABS book table! 🧵
Let the browsing begin! 📚✨ Books are on the stands and our colourful journals are spread across the table, ready for the taking. Stop by and say hi if you're here! #EABS2026
While some of us are on their way to Leuven, others are getting ready for the 13th International Congress of Coptic Studies in Göttingen! 🇩🇪 Between the 27th of July and August 1st, catch Acquisitions Editor Athina Dimitriou for a chat and stop by our booth and check out our titles in the field!
Congratulations to Sebastian Rimestad and Andriy Mykhaleyko on the volume “Religious Identities in Central East Europe during the Age of Totalitarianisms”, which analyzes the situation of religious communities in East Central Europe after World War II through 13 case studies: Link below ⬇️ 1/2
Was ist das spezifisch Katholische in der Missbrauchsproblematik, die in Deutschland seit Jahren im Fokus öffentlicher Debatten steht? Der neu erschienene Band von Nicole Priesching und Frank Kleinehagenbrock widmet sich dieser Frage nach dem katholischen Spezifikum: 🔗brill.com/edcollbook...
Next up in our editors' conference season? EABS Leuven! 🇧🇪 In a week, we'll set up camp at Paus College with a selection of books and journals on display. Make sure to drop by for a browse and a chat with our editorial team! #EABS2026
Throwback ⏮️ to last month, when a selection of our books were on display at the Society of Asian Biblical Studies meeting at Jakarta Theological Seminary. This year’s theme was "Bible, Labour and Migration”. Thank you to all the participants!
🎉 New releases in Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 📚 📘 Foreign Soldiers In Judah’s Military, by Eric A. Barrios. 🔗 brill.com/display/ti... 📘 Cursed Creation in the Book of Job and the Book of the Watchers, by Andrei A. Orlov. 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
Hot off the Press 📖 A Syriac Patristic Florilegium against Julian of Halicarnassus by Guido Venturini 📜 How is a #florilegium constructed, and why does this peculiar type of literary work deserve to be studied? 🧵(1/2)
📚 #NewBook A Comparative Handbook to the Gospel of John explores John’s narrative techniques through a fresh translation to see how traditions fit into Johannine presentation cycles. It includes a an Analysis and Epilogue sections explaining his departure from the Synoptic structure. Link ⬇️ 1/2
📢New Release 📖Le désert d’al-Ḥīra revisité by Florence Jullien offers an in-depth analysis of the nearly fifty monasteries of al-Ḥīra in Mesopotamia. Check this book out here: 🔗brill.com/display/ti...
🎉 New in Biblical Interpretation Series📜 📕 The Beloved Disciple in Performance: Rhetoric, Delivery, Proximity, and Johannine Discipleship, by Eric Christian Zito 🔗brill.com/display/ti... 📕 Moral Metaphors and Narrative Ethics in Luke-Acts, by Michael J. Falgout 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
📢 The latest Issue of Vigiliae Christianae is out featuring 3 #OpenAccess articles! Take a look at the Table of Contents here: brill.com/view/journ... #EarlyChristianity
We've already had the pleasure of meeting Herman Selderhuis, President of the European Academy of Religion, who edited the newly-released volume of the lectures presented at the eighth EuARe, 2025. Check out the volume here: 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.c...
📢 Come meet us at #EuARe 2026! We’re in Rome at the Ninth Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion! Stop by our booth to meet our team on-site and check out our latest releases. 📅 June 30 – July 3, 2026 🌍 Rome, Italy 📍LUISS campus, Viale Pola 12
Huge congratulations to Pantelis Kalaitzidis! His book “Orthodoxy and Modernity” has been awarded “Book of the Month” by the Theologische Literaturzeitung. Read the full ThLZ review here: 🔗 www.thlz.com/buch_de... 📘 brill.com/display/ti...
NEW 📚 A Step Back to the Original Old Testament Peshitta by Ignacio Carbajosa 📜 This study of the textual development of Syriac versions in Lev, Num, and Deut creates the first genealogical tree of the manuscripts, recovering the most original text of the Peshitta. 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
New release 📚 Violence and the Book of Psalms 🗡️ The violence that permeates the Book of Psalms can be off-putting for modern audiences. The essays in this volume carefully consider its various manifestations – physical, verbal, emotional, psychological, structural. 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
Hot off the Press📖 "Printed Saints: Life and Afterlife of Ethiopian Saints from Parchment to Paper" by delves into a largely unexplored area of Ethiopian studies: the transition of Gǝʿǝz (Ethiopic) hagiography from manuscript to print. 🔗Find the book here: brill.com/display/ti...
🗓️ Today at the AAR 2026 June sessions, come hear about a new publication on Sacred Cultures in Global Politics. #AARONLINE26 Book panel at 3pm EDT. Join session here: eppro02.ativ.me/appi... (conference registration needed)
📢 Call for proposals for CRINT! 🔗 brill.com/display/se... Combining expertise in Jewish, Christian, and Roman literature and history, the "Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum" series aims at covering Qumranic, Graeco-Jewish, early Christian, and rabbinic sources. 🧵⬇️ 1/2
Rome, here we come! 🇮🇹 In just one week, our Acquisitions Editors, Stefanie Rabe and Jehona Kicaj, will be attending the Ninth Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion! Drop by our booth to browse our latest releases and meet the team in person. 📚 #EuAR2026
Out now! 📖 (Con)textual Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls. We are proud to publish the Proceedings of the 17th International Orion Symposium in Honor of Esther G. Chazon. Congratulations to all of the contributors for putting together this volume! 🔗brill.com/display/ti...
Johannes Lepsius‘ 1896 erstmals veröffentlichtes Werk „Armenien und Europa. Eine Anklageschrift“ ist eine Dokumentation der Massaker an den Armeniern im Osmanischen Reich. Der Text liegt erstmals in einer kritischen Studienausgabe und #openaccess vor: 🔗brill.com/edcollbook...
The "Human Temple" by Ron Margolin explores early Hasidic spirituality through the lens of materiality, ritual, and community. In conversation with Buber and Scholem, it challenges the idea that Hasidism rejected earthly life, showing how it sought to illuminate the physical world instead. 🧵 1/2
A groundbreaking new framework for discourse analysis. This book reveals how concepts evolve through relations, using the long-contested terrain between religion and science to redefine how we understand language, meaning, and knowledge. Check it out here: 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
News from Vigiliae Christianae! 📢 We are thrilled to welcome Prof. Chris de Wet (Univ. of Pretoria) as the new Editor of our Vigiliae Christianae journal, and Prof. Andrew Cain (Univ. of Colorado Boulder) as our new Supplements Series Editor. We look forward to an exciting new chapter ahead!
How are the Bible and the secular negotiated in the Scandinavian context? "Scripture and Secularism in Modern Scandinavia and Beyond" explores this theme from different angles, offering fresh insights into law, politics, and culture. 🔓📖 🔗brill.com/view/journ...