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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

McMaster University invites applications for a one-year, full-time Contractually Limited Appointment (CLA) position at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor in the Department Religious Studies. For more information, see here: www.academicwork.ca/jobs/jo-7642...

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One-Year Contractually Limited Appointment (CLA) - CAUT | Academic Work

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Congratulations to W. Derek Suderman (Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo) on the publication of his new book, _The Social Audience of Prayer: A Rhetorical and Canonical Study of Individual Lament Psalms_ (Eisenbrauns, 2026)! Open access: www.eisenbrauns.org/books/titles...

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The Social Audience of Prayer: A Rhetorical and Canonical Study of Individual Lament Psalms By W. Derek Suderman

Lament psalms are often imagined as private cries to God. Yet most laments are also directed outward—toward friends, foes, and entire communities. The Social Audience of Prayer reveals how the psalmis...

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Rhiannon Graybill gives the 2026 Craigie Lecture, “This Is Not My Beautiful Body: Weird Female Bodies in the Hebrew Bible and Contemporary Fiction.”

Rhiannon Graybill stands at a lectern beside her powerpoint title slide at the start of her 2026 Craigie Lecture.

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The CSBS President, Alicia Batten (Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo) presents her presidential address, "Textile Topography: Dress, Bodies, and Ancient Christ Followers."

A picture of Alicia Batten standing behind a lectern at the beginning of her CSBS presidential address.

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

In a historic first, congratulations to our two equally ranked co-winners of the Scott Award: Laura Hare, _Men and Women Talking: A Sociolinguistic Study of Gendered Speech in Biblical Narrative_ (Peeters 2024) Mark Leuchter, _An Empire Far and Wide_ (Oxford University Press, 2024)

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congratulations to Gregory Fewster for winning the Beare Award for his book _The Authentic Paul: Critical Scholarship and the Making of the Christian Book_ (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025)!

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congratulations to Sara Parks (St. Francis Xavier University) for winning the Wagner Award for her collaborative and innovative project, "Q according to U"!

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Three awards were announced at the CSBS general meeting, including the Norman E. Wagner Award and two book awards: the R.B.Y. Scott Award (Hebrew Bible and/or Ancient Near East) and the Frank W. Beare Award (Christian Origins, Post-Biblical Judaism, and/or Graeco-Roman Religions). Recipients below.

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congratulations to Kathrin Breimayer (University of Vienna) for receiving the Jeremias Prize for her essay, "Recentering Marginal Spaces of Early Christ Groups and Other Ancient Associations"!

A picture of Kathrin Breimayer giving her prize-winning paper to a room full of CSBS members.

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congratulations to Isaiah C. Padgett (McMaster Divinity College) for receiving the Founders Prize for his essay, "Putting a Name to Diasporic Desire: A Socio-Onomastic Exploration into the Judeans of Āl-Yāhūdu"!

A picture of Isaiah C. Padgett projected on screen to a room full of CSBS members, giving his prize-winning paper from a distance (due to illness).

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Two student essay prizes were given at the annual meeting for essays related to the field of biblical studies. Please join the CSBS in congratulating Isaiah C. Padgett and Kathrine Breimayer! Further information below.

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

A campus map of Mount Allison University can be found by following the link here: mta.ca/sites/defaul...

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The programme for the CSBS annual meeting can found on our website. Link here: csbs-sceb.ca/wp-content/u...

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

We're excited to welcome conference attendees as they arrive for the CSBS annual meeting, hosted at Mount Allison University (Sackville, NB)! Please make sure to check in and receive your name tag and tote bag on the ground floor at Windsor Hall. See you soon!

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Congratulations to Shannon Parrott, who was recently appointed to the position of Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Trinity Western University!

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Congratulations to Rebecca G.S. Idestrom (Tyndale University) on winning the 2025 Book of Excellence award from The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship for her book, Show Me Your Glory: The Glory of God in the Old Testament (Pickwick, 2023)!

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Congratulations to Courtney Friesen (University of Arizona) on winning the 2025 Beare Award for his book, Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era (Routledge, 2024)!

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Congratulations to Sébastien Doane (Université Laval) on winning the 2025 Scott Award for his book, Reading the Bible amid the Environmental Crisis: Interdisciplinary Insights to Ecological Hermeneutics (Lexington, 2024)!

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Congratulations to Kevin Wing-Chiu Wong (Regis-St. Michael’s College) on winning the 2025 Jeremias Prize for the best student paper related to the New Testament! His paper was entitled “Hope in Circulation: The Affective Process and Socio-Cultural Signs in Romans 8:18–25.”

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Congratulations to Jasmine Wiens (Knox College, Toronto School of Theology) on winning the 2025 Founders Prize for the best student paper related to the Hebrew Bible! Her paper was entitled “Learning from the Land: The Violence against Mountains and People in Ezekiel 6.”

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

CSBS President, Professor Erin Runions (Pomona College), delivers the 2025 Presidential Address entitled "The Carceral Afterlives of Isaiah 66:24 and the Question of the Human."

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

The Canadian Society of Patristic Studies presents *Pedagogy and Patristics in Canada and Beyond* Time: June 2, 2025, 1-4.30pm Location: Emmanuel College of Victoria University, at the University of Toronto and online via Zoom. For more information see attached files!

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Saint Paul University in Ottawa invites applications for a full-time tenure-track teaching position in Biblical Theology. For more information and to apply, click the following link: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

It is with great sadness that we share that Albert Pietersma, Professor Emeritus of LXX and Hellenistic Greek in Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto, passed away on March 25. Click here for his full obituary: septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/news/84/

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IOSCS News Archive

Website of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS)

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Congratulations to Gregory Fewster on the publication of *The Authentic Paul: Critical Scholarship and the Making of a Christian Book*! @gpfewster.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social www.mqup.ca/authentic-pa...

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Congratulations to fellow Canadian Tyler Horton on the successful defense of his dissertation, "Pneuma in the Septuagint"! @cambridgeuni.bsky.social

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Registration is open for Congress 2025 @ George Brown College in Toronto! Les inscriptions sont ouvertes pour le Congrès 2025 au Collège George Brown à Toronto! Register for the annual meeting of the CSBS today. fhss.swoogo.com/registration...

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

It is with great sadness that we share that G. Peter Richardson passed away on January 6, 2025. He was an active member in the CSBS and served on the executive and as President (1984-85). He was renowned scholar and an important influence on our society. www.religion.utoronto.ca/news/in-memo...

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The CfP deadline for the CSBS annual meeting (June 3–5, 2025) in Toronto is quickly approaching: January 15, 2025! Be sure to get your abstracts in, to nominate worthy books for the Beare and Scott Awards, and to submit papers for the student awards! Details here: csbs-sceb.ca/annual-meeti...

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Annual Meeting – Canadian Society of Biblical Studies

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Horizon College & Seminary invites applications for a full-time faculty member who will serve as the Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies Coordinator and as professor of biblical studies (open rank). For more information, see the following: www.horizon.edu/were-hiring-...

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Hiring: MABT Coordinator & Professor of Biblical Studies (Open Rank)

Horizon College & Seminary invites applications for a full-time faculty member who will serve as the Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies (MABT) Coordinator and as a professor of biblica...

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Canadian Society of Biblical Studies @csbssceb.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

The Religious Studies Graduate Society of McGill University’s School of Religious Studies invites you to submit your paper proposal to our 2025 bilingual conference: (Disputed) Origins in the Study of Religions. @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social For more details: relcfp.com/2025/01/06/d...

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