Call for papers: “Biblical Philology in Byzantine Manuscripts” (EABS conference: Córdoba, July 12-15, 2015)

Biblia de Nicetas (Taurinensis B.I.2 s. X)

Byzantinists and patristic scholars might take interest in the fact that in the framework of the upcoming conference of the European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS), a session on “Biblical Philology in Byzantine Manuscripts” will be organized. The conference will take place July 12-15, 2015 in Córdoba (Spain), and the call for papers is now open. Proposals can be submitted until April 1 through http://www.eabs.net.

More information on the “Biblical Philology in Byzantine Manuscripts” session can be found here: http://www.eabs.netF/site/biblical-philology-in-byzantine-manuscripts/. Proposals are invited for papers dealing with the study of medieval marginal annotations to the biblical text within the Greek Christian tradition. Particularly welcome are papers highlighting possible acquaintance with Hebrew culture and exegesis on the part of Byzantine scholars, but other topics can be suggested.

For more information, please contact 

Mariachiara Fincati (mc.fincati@gmail.com), 

Barbara Crostini (crostini.barbara@gmail.com) 

or the undersigned. Feel free to circulate this call.

Dr. Reinhart Ceulemans

KU Leuven

Instituut voor Vroegchristelijke en Byzantijnse Studies

reinhart.ceulemans@arts.kuleuven.be