This account posts news from the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies as well as notices of events and publications related to the academic study of the Septuagint. Submissions: DM or email ioscstwitter[at]proton[dot]me.

Virtual Seminar: The Septuagint in Modern Research, March 10, 2025 15:00 GMT: Beatrice Bonnano will present on "The Septuagint of Ruth"

Summer School in Salzburg, Austria, June- 30 July 4, 2025. On Biblical Manuscripts and Their Use in Biblical Studies: The Hebrew, Greek, Latin Texts of Joshua: “The Jericho story."

Happy International Septuagint Day to all who celebrate! In 2006, the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies established February 8 as International Septuagint Day, a day to celebrate the Septuagint & encourage its study. What are you reading to celebrate?

Call for Papers: IOSCS sessions at the SBL Annual Meeting, Boston, 22-25 November 2025. In addition to papers for general sessions, IOSCS invites papers on translations of the LXX into East-Asian languages and East-Asian research on the LXX more broadly.

Call for Papers: The Septuagint as Greek Literature, 7-9 April 2025, University of Pretoria. Abstracts due 31 January by email: pierre.jordaan[at]nwu[dot]ac[dot]za & chris.dewet[at]up[dot]ac[dot]za

Reading Greek Papyri online course taught by Dr. John A.L. Lee, February 12 - March 9, 2025.

Just published: Septuaginta: An Abridged Reader’s Edition, ed. Gregory R. Lanier (@Lanier_Greg) and William A. Ross

Now available: Duodecim Prophetae. edidit Joseph Ziegler. Editio altera quam curavit Felix Albrecht. Bd. 13. , 5., aktualisierte Auflage. Septuaginta Vetus Testamentum Graecum (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2024).

The deadline for 2025 John William Wevers Prize submissions is 1 September. Papers should be 4500–5500 words. Please submit the paper to Dr. Theo van der Louw at theo_vanderlouw[at]sil[dot]org. The winner will be announced early November 2025.

In the midst of the holiday season, don't forget to submit your paper abstracts! A last reminder that abstracts for the IOSCS Congress in Berlin, 11-12 August 2025 are due 31 December.

IOSCS turns 56 years old today! At an SBL meeting on December 19, 1968, in Berkeley, California, the decision was made to found the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. You can read more about the founding of IOSCS here:

Conference: The Book of Psalms and its Plurality: Textual Transmission, Exegetical Methodology and Theological Hermeneutics, University of Malta, 25-27 March 2025. For more information and registration, see the conference website here:

Just published: PsSal 9 im Kontext der sogenannten Psalmen Salomos by Julia Rath (@Iulia_susurrans), Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology, 117 (Peeters: 2024)

Septuagint Summer School (online): “The Reception of the Septuagint in the New Testament and the Early Church” will be taught by Dr. Edmon Gallagher, June 9-13, 2025, hosted by Trinity Western University and the John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies.

Online lecture by Dr. Camilla Recalcati (@CamillaLxx) , "Echoes of Egypt: Uncovering Lexical Traces in the Septuagint." December 18, 2024, 11:15AM–12:45PM EST. Zoom link:

RT @jean_maurais: I received an intriguing book in the mail this week, thanks to Un Sung Kwak. The Septuagint is now being translated into…

IOSCS is now also on another social media app! We will continue to post the same news and updates on this account and our Facebook page as well.

Reminder: There is one month left to submit abstracts for the XIX Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Berlin, 11-12 August 2025. Abstracts of up to 250 words are due 31 December 2024.

La revue Mélanges de science religieuse (MSR) vient de publier un numéro spécial: La Septante comme carrefour des cultures. Pour toute information concernant l’achat à l’unité et l’abonnement : msr@univ-catholille.fr