Divinatory practices like tarot card readings are on the rise. What may seem like harmless fun can also serve as a serious response to a chaotic world.

Visiting Scholar – Call for ApplicationsThe Center for the Study of Religion at The Ohio State University is pleased to announce the continuation of our short-term visiting scholar program.

Researchers enlisted help of AI along with radiocarbon dating to produce new insights into ancient texts

Religion has been on the decline in Canada for years. Understanding how religion is viewed in society can help explain why.

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Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Studies at the University of Bergen (275792), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Monday, March 17, 2025

Podcast Episode · Biblical Time Machine · 02/10/2025 · 54m

Assistant / Associate professor or Professor of Latin language and Roman literature

Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.

This article analyzes the divinatory methods the Jews used to address their questions in the Greco–Roman era. Scholars have previously examined how authors of the Hebrew Bible are aware of numerous d...

My critiques of Mary centre around two themes. One is the way it perpetuates conservative ideals around women and gender. The other is its misrepresentations of Jews and Judaism.

Dates May 28-29, 2025 (with graduate student pre-conference reception on May 27) Location Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA Contact pag@apsanet.org Conference Website http://pagcon...

This volume explores the idea of the unruly book, from books now known by their titles alone to books that subverted structures of power and gender. The contributors show how these books functioned as...

Job Summary: The Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies seeks a visionary and collaborative faculty member to serve as the tenured Lipton Professor of Jewish Studies. In addition, the successful ...

Early Christianity (EC), Volume 14 (2023) / Issue 4, 1868-7032 (1868-8020)

‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ may seem worlds apart from the growth and appeal of ‘by and for women only’ films produced by Orthodox Jewish women, but all these films share a focu...