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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Biblical Interpretation and Scientific Knowledge in the Syriac Tradition: Between Negotiation and Reception 26-27 October 2026, Irish College, Leuven theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A Handbook of Neo-Aramaic (eds. Simon Hopkins & Steven Fassberg) The Handbook of Neo-Aramaic aims to provide an introduction to, and details of the complex world of Neo-Aramaic. brill.com/edcollbook/t...

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A Handbook of Neo-Aramaic

"A Handbook of Neo-Aramaic" published on 20 Jul 2026 by Brill.

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

"English-friendly" French-taught summer school in ancient languages at Louvain-la-Neuve (🇧🇪) this August:

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Abelao

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

ABELAO: Cours d'été de langues anciennes et orientales à Louvain-la-Neuve (4-14 août 2026). Cours en français et en anglais. Réductions early birds jusqu'au 15 avril 2026! abelao.be

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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Next week we are hosting another paper, this time by Nicolas Atas (KU Leuven) on Syriac lexica! Tune in on Thursday 5 Feb at our regular time of 10 AM CET. As always, don't forget to register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social if you're not yet on our mailing list!

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Paul de Lagarde, such a nice fellow 😅

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

A beautiful hymn from the Syrian Orthodox tradition about the institution of priesthood: ܩܪܐ ܠܗ ܐܠܗܐ Qro Leh Aloho "God called him (Moses)" youtu.be/cRk4tg6g8zY?...

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Qro Leh Aloho ܩܪܐ ܠܶܗ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ

YouTube video by Zmirotho Suryoyotho

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Call for applications for a position as Assistant Professor of Religion in Early Christianity at Princeton University puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Postdoc opportunity at the University of Helsinki for a period of 2 years for the research project "Jeremiah for the 21st Century" (PI: Dr. Miika Tucker): - The Peshitta version of Jeremiah - Textual criticism of the Book of Jeremiah jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

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Postdoctoral Researcher in The Peshitta of Jeremiah

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Armenian garshuni, i.e., Armenian written in Syriac script Vat. sir. 544, f. 9v-12v digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat... It is always fascinating for me to stumble upon unexpected things in Syriac manuscripts!

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

L'UCLouvain ouvre un poste académique à temps plein en Exégèse biblique et extrabiblique jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...

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Un·e académique en Exégèse biblique et extrabiblique

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Post-Doctoral Position in Late Antique Syriac Literature at KU Leuven www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

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Post-Doctoral Position in Late Antique Syriac Literature

Post-Doctoral Position in Syriac Studies

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

5-year postdoc position in Syriac studies ‘Gesius’ Commentaries on Galen: Recovering lost works through a mixed-method approach ’ www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Research Associate (Gesius) :Oxford Road

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

For those interested in Bar Ṣalībī, a collective volume edited by Bert Jacobs, Herman Teule and Joseph Verheyden was published recently by Brill in the series "Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity" "Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition" brill.com/display/titl...

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Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition

"Dionysius bar Ṣalībī: Guardian of the Syriac Orthodox Tradition" published on 19 May 2025 by Brill.

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

An interesting article about the language practices of Melkite Christians navigating between Greek, Syriac and Arabic. This article presents several contextualized examples of manuscripts www.ku.de/thf/fachgebi...

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When Scribes Switched Languages: Curious Patterns in Syriac Rūm Orthodox Manuscripts

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Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Come study with us! Fully-funded Ph.D. scholarship opportunity to work on the Late Antique translation of texts. www.acu.edu.au/research-and...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

A nice drawing in this manuscript of Bar Hebraeus from 1810 MS Rendel Harris 59, fol. 86v openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0006/ht...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Thanks to Herman Teule, the Maurits Sabbe Library has recently acquired 11 new manuscripts in Syriac and Arabic, see theo.kuleuven.be/apps/press/t...

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Treasures of Mardin: Manuscript Production, Ecclesiastical Secrets, and the Impact of Missionaries – Theology Research News

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I had organized a little exhibition of 3 uncatalogued Syriac Melkite manuscripts back in March 2024: theo.kuleuven.be/apps/press/t...

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Unlocking Syriac Texts: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in Eastern Christian Editing – Theology Research News

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Exhibition of 15 Syriac manuscripts at KU Leuven on Thursday 11 September 2025 at 4 PM at the Maurits Sabbe Library in Leuven: "Treasures from the East: Syriac Manuscripts in the Collection of the Maurits Sabbe Library" Registration: bib.kuleuven.be/msb/over/nie...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Post-doc position for a Syriacist in the Frankfurt-Leuven Project “Commentary on the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus.” Deadline for applications: 23 July 2025 Position is to be filled as of 1 October 2025 for a period of 36 months. www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794849/FB0...

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Goethe-Universität — FB08 - Philosophie und Geschichtswissenschaften

Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

It was my first experience doing such a podcast in English. It was improvised and I realize that the contents and my English could have been better but this was a great experience for me! Many thanks to Nunzia Di Rienzo and Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent for the invitation!

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

If you want to listen to me speak about Turoyo Neo-Aramaic for about 20 min in English, listen to this podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Turoyo language (with Nicolas Atas)

Podcast Episode · GAZE ܓܰܙܶܐ̈ – The Treasures of Syriac · 06/26/2025 · 22m

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

A new Turoyo (Surayt) - Dutch / Dutch - Turoyo lexicon!

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

My presentation "Hagiography in Ṭuroyo as a part of the local history of Ṭur ʿAbdīn" at the "Symposium on Syriac Saints: Lives, Commemoration, and Memory" at Marquette University (Milwaukee WI, April 10-12, 2025) youtu.be/I1Tnpw81CS8?...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

ܪܥܝܐ ܫܪܝܪܐ "Ware Herder": A documentary film about the life of the late Mor Julius Yeshu Çiçek, former metropolitan of the Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Central Europe

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

These traces can reveal the Syriac origin of some Christian Arabic texts

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

"Syriacisms in Arabic versions of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Symbol". The aim of my presentation was to show, through an example, that despite the Arabization of Syriac Christians, traces of their Syriac heritage can still be found in their Arabic texts

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Don't miss our book launch tomorrow!

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I recently acquired a two-volume work containing a non-critical edition of the 70 Syriac Orthodox preserved anaphoras listed by Patriarch Afrem Barṣawm in his “Scattered Pearls”. This collection offers a fascinating glimpse into the richness of the Syriac liturgical tradition!

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

L’Académie Belge pour l’Étude des Langues Anciennes et Orientales (ABELAO) a le plaisir de vous inviter à son école d’été, qui se tiendra à Louvain-la-Neuve du 29 juillet au 8 août. Plus de détails et inscriptions sur www.abelao.eu

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

A call for proposals of the NWO for 1 Postdoc in Coptic Orthodox Christianity in Egypt and the Nile Valley in the field of (art) history and archaeology www.nwo.nl/en/calls/van...

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Van Moorsel and Rijnierse 2025 | NWO

The funding instrument Van Moorsel and Rijnierse supports innovative art historical and archaeological research on medieval Christianity in Egypt and the Nile Valley.

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Review by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent of “The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity” by Françoise Briquel Chatonnet and Muriel Debié, trans. by Jeffrey Haines www.biblicalarchaeology.org/reviews/revi...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Tomorrow at KU Leuven! OIKOS Late Antiquity and Byzantine Studies Masterclass “Mapping Eastern Christian Cultures of Translation” with @philipforness.bsky.social

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Aike Rots @aikerots.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

My department has just advertised 5 salaried PhD positions. Projects within the fields of religion, culture studies, environmental humanities, and/or Asian/Middle Eastern studies are welcome. 3-4 years, full-time, fully funded. Candidates must have finished their MA. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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Five Doctoral Research Fellowships (271145) | University of Oslo

Job title: Five Doctoral Research Fellowships (271145), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 24, 2025

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Two research assistant positions in Assyriology within the Leipzig Akkadian dictionary project www.saw-leipzig.de/de/ausschrei...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Christian Arabic Winter School January 20th to January 25th, 2025 www.westminster.cam.ac.uk/biblical-lan...

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Grigory Kessel @grigory-kessel.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

If you have questions about Syriac palimpsests, this new article of mine may provide the answers you're looking for. doi.org/10.1515/9783...

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

A thread 🧵 about Narsai (East Syriac theologian)

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

HMML will host an intensive four-week course as an introduction to the Armenian language and paleography in the summer of 2025. Dates: July 7, 2025 to August 1, 2025 hmml.org/programs/int...

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Introduction to Classical Armenian

Dumbarton Oaks / HMML Summer School

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Next week: 2-4 December 2024! The Louvain Centre for Eastern and Oriental Christianity invites you to the conference “In Search of Moderation: Reassessing the Theological Center in the Post-Chalcedonian Christological Debates.” Irish College, Leuven (Janseniusstraat 1)

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Nicolas Atas @zoxe.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A promising subject for research: Big fat Assyrian/Syriac weddings 😁

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