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Morten Beckmann

@mortenbeckmann.bsky.social
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Academic/ Translation Studies / Biblical Studies/ Professor at University of Agder, Norway. Interested in digital humanities and corpus linguistics. Views my own

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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Meta suspends Facebook and Instagram accounts of Norwegian @dagsavisen.bsky.social journalist Helle Lyng Svendsen who challenged Indian PM Narendra Modi on Press Freedom and Human Rights:
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Utestengt etter Modi-spørsmål: – Jeg er sjokkert
Kommentator Helle Lyng Svendsen sperret opp øynene da hun ble sperret ute fra Facebook og Instagram.
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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Religious studies folks! Check out this late-breaking postdoc (start date: mid-August 2026) at Columbia's Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life www.ircpl.columbia.edu/postdoctoral...
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Postdoctoral Research Scholar — Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life
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Morten Beckmann @mortenbeckmann.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
📢 Online Talk | Agder Forum for Translation Studies @ UiA We’re pleased to invite you to an online talk by @ecoarts.bsky.social on Comparison & Computation: Rethinking Digital Humanities through Translation. 🔗 The Zoom link will be provided upon registration (QR-code). #dh #digitalhumanities
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Morten Beckmann @mortenbeckmann.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
www.linkedin.com/company/agde... We are delighted to launch the official LinkedIn page for Agder Forum for Translation Studies (AFO) at the Universitetet i Agder (UiA)/University of Agder, Norway. 👉 Follow us for insights, news, and a closer look at the work we do at AFO! #translationstudies
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Agder Forum for Translation Studies @ University of Agder | LinkedIn
Agder Forum for Translation Studies @ University of Agder | 93 followers on LinkedIn. Translation Studies is an interdisciplinary field of research encompassing multiple theoretical and methodological...
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Morten Beckmann @mortenbeckmann.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Book alert! ”A (Re)turn to the Source Text“ (ed. Malin Carlström & Richard Pleijel. Also happy to see my chapter included in it: ”The Bible going digital: Medial change, paratexts and source texts in Youversion’s platform“ benjamins.com/catalog/btl.... #translstionstudies #bible #digitalreligion
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Medial change, paratexts, and source texts in Youversion’s platforms: The Bible going digital
This chapter investigates how the digital transformation affects the visibility of source texts when printed Bible translations transition into apps and websites on YouVersion’s platforms. YouVersion ...
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HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Postdoctoral Researcher – Aarhus University, Denmark Fully funded postdoc role in Intellectual History Eligibility: PhD in history, philosophy, political theory, or literature Deadline: 9 Feb 2026 Apply: higherjobz.com/postdoctoral... #AcademicJobs #PostdocJobs #HistoryJobs @aarhusuniint.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Positions in Intellectual History – Aarhus University | HigherJobz
Apply for postdoctoral positions in Intellectual History at Aarhus University, Denmark. Fully funded research. Deadline: 9 Feb 2026.
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VacancyEdu.com @vacancyedu.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
11 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Lund University, Scania, Sweden #VacancyEdu #Postdoc #Postdoctoral #PostdocJobs #ScienceCareer #AcademicJobs #Researcher #PhDlife #PostdoctoralFellowship #JobSearch #ScholarshipAlert vacancyedu.com/11-postdocto...
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11 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Lund University, Scania, Sweden - Vacancy Edu
Lund University, Scania, Sweden invites online Application for various Postdoctoral Fellowship in their different Departments. We are providing a list of
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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Some news: www.uia.no/forskning/fo... The Research Council of Norway has awarded me a grant to examine concepts of violence in ancient Jewish war narratives. More soon, including a postdoc position hire.
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UiA-forskar får 10 millionar til å forske på vald i gamle tekstar - Universitetet i Agder
Joseph Scales forskar på hebraiske og greske bibeltekstar. Forskingsrådet meiner han er ein banebrytande ung forskar og gir han millionar til å forske vidare.
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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Job alert! 🚨 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Edinburgh Uni to work w/a team of historians on a new project, Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana, which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
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Raluca Tanasescu @ecoarts.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Happy publication day! 🌟 "Translation and Infrastructure: Concepts and Applications", co-authored by Anne O'Connor and myself in Translation Studies, is now available in #OpenAccess. #translation #infrastructuralthinking www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Translation and infrastructure: concepts and applications
Engagement with infrastructural thinking, prominent in the humanities, social sciences, and science and technology, has received little attention in translation studies. This article argues that tr...
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Luis Pérez-González @luisperezgonzalez.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
:: Ordinær søknadsfrist: 1st december :: Videreutdanning Oversettelse i offentlig sektor - nettbasert Få grunnleggende kompetanse som kvalifiserer deg til mange typer oversettelsesoppdrag i offentlig sektor i Norge Søk her: www.uia.no/studier/prog...
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Oversettelse i offentlig sektor - nettbasert (Videreutdanning) - Universitetet i Agder
Få grunnleggende kompetanse som kvalifiserer deg til mange typer oversettelsesoppdrag i offentlig sektor i Norge!Søk her!
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Emily Gathergood @emilygathergood.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The University of Nottingham's latest round of financial restructuring involves suspending our Theology & Religion BA course with a view to its permanent closure. Please support our staff and students by signing this petition c.org/MQVjrMwXq8
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We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the removal of undergraduate Theology & Religion at the University of Nottingham
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Throwback to the amazing Digital Humanities School! 🎓✨ So many great moments, people, and ideas, here are a few highlights from the end of September! #DigitalHumanities #Text&Language #Highlights #Throwback #AcademicLife www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BJ9...
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Digital Humanities Summer School 2025
YouTube video by Digital Humanities and Social Studies - FAU
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Morten Beckmann @mortenbeckmann.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Job opportunity: Two PhD Positions at Stockholm University, Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies, Sweden. Deadline for application: October 15. Link: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Doktorand i översättningsvetenskap
Institutionen för svenska och flerspråkighet är en av de större institutionerna inom Humanistiska fakulteten med ca 140 anställda och ca 5 000 studenter per läsår. Tolk- och översättarinstitu
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Nathan Dykes @nfdykes.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Great to the schedule for the #DHSS2025 summer school out! An amazing programme is waiting for our participants ☺️ #DataGenderSociety #DH #DigitalHumanities go.fau.de/1cadb
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Digital Humanities Summer School 2025: Data, gender and society
If you are attending the FAU Innovation Days (view details), you have the opportunity to register for the keynote talks. Mo 22 – Fri 26 September 2025 The DHSS2025 summer school offers expert-led…
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Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Does your Bible translate Genesis 1:1 incorrectly? #maklelan2892 youtube.com/shorts/42352...
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Does your Bible translate Genesis 1:1 incorrectly? #maklelan2892
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Dr. Valerie @drvalerieisin.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Fall is here and it's time for us to set our fall course schedule! So, if you're thinking about picking up/dusting off your Arabic, Russian, Proto Indo-European, Ancient Greek, or Modern Greek, please fill out our interest form: forms.gle/eMZGox5m88zz... Questions? DM me!
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Morten Beckmann @mortenbeckmann.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Piotr Blumczynski, "Translation as Sensory Experience in the Age of AI" Keynote at the Trextuality 2 conference at @universityofgalway.bsky.social
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Morten Beckmann @mortenbeckmann.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Tomorrow I'm heading for the conference "Trextuality 2. Material Turns in Translation: Intermediality and Circulation": translation.universityofgalway.ie/trextuality2/ Many thanks to @ecoarts.bsky.social and the other organizers for the admin. support. Looking forward to it! #translationstudies
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Trextuality 2 - Anderson Centre for Translation Research and Practice
The Trextuality 2 conference aims to deepen the discussion on how today’s media hybridity influences both the products and processes of translation, examining the ways in which the convergence of diff...
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Morten Beckmann @mortenbeckmann.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
A short version of my latest article: link.growkudos.com/1ed0q4c7e9s #translationstudies #biblicalstudies #Bibletranslation #virginbirth
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The translation of Isaiah 7:14 and the virgin birth in Christian Bible translations
This article investigates how ideology and power influence Bible translation, using Isaiah 7:14 as a case study in the Norwegian context. The verse, which refers to a young woman or virgin conceiving ...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
***Job Opportunity in History*** Assistant Professor of Religion in Early Christianity, Princeton University 3/ www.higheredjobs.com/search/detai...
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Assistant Professor of Religion in Early Christianity - HigherEdJobs
Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.
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Årstein Justnes @arsteinjustnes.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... Via @mortenbeckmann.bsky.social
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The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
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Dr. Valerie @drvalerieisin.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
If you want to get started with (or brush off your) Arabic, Russian, Proto Indo-European , or Greek (yes, Ancient or Modern) but don’t have a lot of time, our summer courses take half the time of a standard university course and cover twice as much material! DM for details.
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Katherine Southwood @katherinesouthwood.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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Postdoctoral Fellowships in Theology and Religious Studies
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Morten Beckmann @mortenbeckmann.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I’m happy to announce that I’ve been promoted as full Professor in Religion at @uiagder.bsky.social 🥳🥳 I lot of people have supported me along the way, and I give thanks to @arsteinjustnes.bsky.social, Sandra Halverson, @luisperezgonzalez.bsky.social, and @eivinden.bsky.social’s ”Professor School“
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The wait is over☀️ Registration for #DHSS25 Summer School is officially OPEN! Experience expert-led lectures and practical, hands-on learning using advanced DH tools. Don't miss out - spots are limited and filling up fast ⏳ 👉Secure your place now: go.fau.de/1bihf #DataGenderSociety #FAU #DHSS
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Are @litterat.party · 06/06/2025
Før var liksom det å ha grep om humaniora - filosofi, historie og framandspråk - ei konservativ dygd. No har det anten blitt erstatta av einspora teknokrati og nasjonalisme, eller så vil dei tilbake til at denne sorten danning kun skal vere tilgjengeleg for dei sjølv og ingen andre.
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Journal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
What's the problem with declarations of a new translation's "authoritative" status? In an interview on her new book, Translation Multiples, Kasia Szymanska (@kaszyma.bsky.social) discusses the idiosyncrasies and possibilities of the practice of translation. @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Translation in Different Keys: An Interview with Kasia Szymanska
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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
PhD fellowship advertised here at the Center for Digital Narrative to research Computational Narrative Systems with @docmofo.bsky.social - applications due August 15! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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PhD Research Fellowship in Digital Culture with the Center for Digital Narrative (280653) | University of Bergen
Job title: PhD Research Fellowship in Digital Culture with the Center for Digital Narrative (280653), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, August 15, 2025
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DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg @dhssfau.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
☀️Excited for our #DigitalHumanities Summer School!☀️ 📌Don't forget, pre-registration is open! #DHSS2025 #DataGenderSociety #FAU
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Reading Concordances in the 21st Century (RC21) @rc21project.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
🗓️ New #DigitalHumanities Summer School in September! Pre-register now for #DHSS2025 #DataGenderSociety 👩‍💻 Free for incoming MA students in #DH at @fau.de!
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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 21/05/2025
📣 Call for literature in translation panel proposals. We'll offer round-trip transportation to New York, lodging, and honoraria to accepted panelists.The deadline to submit is Monday, June 2 to take part in our Day of Translation event in NYC this fall. ➡️ www.catranslation.org/submit-an-ev...
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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
We're hiring a postdoc (4 years) for the AI STORIES project and are looking for someone who is interested in using computational and qualitative methods to explore generative AI and literature. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow on Literature and Generative AI at the Center for Digital Narrative (280778) | University of Bergen
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow on Literature and Generative AI at the Center for Digital Narrative (280778), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, June 15, 2025
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Tomorrow (19 May) at 12:45 pm BST: Join @kaszyma.bsky.social‬ at @oxfordcct.bsky.social for the launch of her new book, Translation Multiples: From Global Culture to Postcommunist Democracy. Learn more: occt.web.ox.ac.uk/event/on-mul...
Translation Multiples: From Global Culture to Postcommunist Democracy by Kasia Szymanska
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T&T Clark @tandtclark.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Congratulations to @drfaithtibble.bsky.social on her spectacular book launch! 'The Crown of Thorns' shows how a simple mistranslation of the New Testament led to a gory tradition in medieval art. Preview the book: bit.ly/4h4wwf0 Get your copy: bit.ly/44FvpQr
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Årstein Justnes @arsteinjustnes.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
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Fakultetsdirektør for Fakultet for humaniora og pedagogikk (280240) | Universitetet i Agder (UiA)
Stillingstittel: Fakultetsdirektør for Fakultet for humaniora og pedagogikk (280240), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Agder (UiA), Søknadsfrist: lørdag 31. mai 2025
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Christoph Heilig @christophheilig.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
10 PAID PhD POSITIONS! The “International Doctoral Program Philology” at the University of Munich just announced ten paid PhD positions on topics related to premodern philology.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 05/05/2025
The first priority is to ensure that science in Europe remains open and free. This is Europe’s calling card.
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m. r. sauter @oddletters.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
"i know bourdieu"
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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Wow, what a horrific typo. Right on the cover.
Photo of a book on a bookshelf in a shop. It’s by the late Pope Francis. Large picture of his head together with the word ‘Hope’.
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rdesjard204.bsky.social @rdesjard204.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
#TranslationStudies community: CFP for #IATIS 2025 is open until 4/30. If you're interested in submitting to my panel alongside @jlmdolmaya.bsky.social @clarachuanyu.bsky.social & Émilie Gobeil-Roberge, please submit asap - details here: shorturl.at/nRQLz
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Morten Beckmann @mortenbeckmann.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Who has the power to decide how a significant passage is translated in a Bible translation? Just published an article in @targetjournal.bsky.social on the translation controversy surrounding Isaiah 7:14. DM me for the article: benjamins.com/catalog/targ... #translationstudies #bibletranslation
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Ideology, power, and a virgin: Translations of Isaiah 7:14 in Norwegian Bible translations as a case study
Isaiah 7:14 has consistently sparked controversies in Bible translations due to its potential translation of the Hebrew ‘almah as ‘young woman’ or ‘virgin’. This distinction is significant to the doct...
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Meredith Martin @mmvty.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Today's the day! I invite close readers to see if they can find the places where I channeled the most rage into this project. It is supposed to make you uncomfortable. You are supposed to try to dismiss it as "praxis" vs. "theory" and then you are supposed to be convinced otherwise.
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IRCI_ACU @irci.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Registration is still open for our Makarios conference on Love of Neighbor and Human Flourishing (deadline 15 May) which will take place at ACU’s Rome campus in partnership with Baylor, Harvard, and Boston College! >
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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Today, @christycobb.bsky.social and I’s JSNT article dropped! Go read “The Rhetoric and Ethic of Translating and Representing Enslaved Persons in New Testament and Early Christian Studies” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The Rhetoric and Ethic of Translating and Representing Enslaved Persons in New Testament and Early Christian Studies - Chance Bonar, Christy Cobb, 2025
Ancient Mediterranean literature and artistic depictions portray enslaved persons as diminutive, marginal, and non-descript—when they are portrayed at all. In t...
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Judeophobia and the New Testament—Author Guest Post
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Judeophobia and the New Testament—Author Guest Post - EerdWord
Judeophobia and the New Testament is an essential resource for understanding the troubling role of the Christian scriptures in anti-Semitism
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Shayna Sheinfeld @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Received my copy of Judeophobia & the New Testament 😍 proud of my work here and of the hard work the editors did! My pieces are on Torah, the Law, & Judeophobia and on The Pharisees (with @drmjcwarren.bsky.social & Dr Sara Parks)
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Full doctoral scholarship at the University of Graz on AI, translation and society: jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/cf0b.... Closes 12 April. Knowledge of *either* German or English is a requirement. #phdfunding #translationstudies #translationtechnology
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John Benjamins Publishing Company @johnbenjamins.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🏆 We congratulate Hisham M. Ali hmrali.bsky.social on winning the prestigious Martha Cheung Award for Best English Article in Translation Studies by an Early Career Scholar! 🥂 The winning article was published #openaccess in Translation in Society 👉 www.benjamins.com/catalog/tris...
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