Today’s deal: 2-for-1 on conference reports. European Association for Biblical Studies Annual Conference, 20-23 July 2026, Leuven This was my first time visiting this conference, prompted by …

This book examines five Syriac historiographical excerpt collections from Miaphysite milieus (6th-10th c.), preserved in MSS Deir al-Surian Syr. 28A, British Library Add. 12155, 14533, 12154, and Vat....

'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza.

Towards and beyond the ‘Fall’: rethinking Rome’s end

This article analyzes the Qurʾān’s use of an Arabic rhetorical device called iltifāt, the shift of person within a text. It addresses the way iltifāt has been interpreted by medieval Muslim exegetes a...

After Justice Scalia died, the justices held private negotiations about locking away their papers. We may not see the ultimate record of the Roberts court for decades.